Midnight Express

About “Midnight Express”

Midnight Express is a 1977 nonfiction book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer that recounts Hayes' experience as a young American imprisoned in Turkey. Hayes was arrested for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country during the U.S. "War on Drugs" in the early 1970s. He was sentenced to 30 years in a Turkish prison, which led him to plan and execute an escape. The book details his time in prison and the challenges he faced while trying to flee. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)