Escape: The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Break Out of the Bangkok Hilton

KlongPremprison,Thailand,knownasthe"BangkokHilton,"isaplace?where600foreignerswaitandrotamongthe12,000inmates.Amidthetragic,ruthless,andforgotten,onemanresolvestodowhatnootherhasdone:escape.ThisisthetruestoryofdrugsmugglerDavidMcMillan'sperilousbreak-outfromAsia'smostnotoriousprison.AfterbeingarrestedatDonMuangairport,McMillanspent?morethan?ayearinKlongPlemawaitingtrial.Hewatchedastheotherforeignprisonersfellpreytodisease,violence,anddespair.Deathappearedtobetheironlywayout,butheresolvedthatthiswouldnotbetheendforhim.Twoweeksbeforeanear-certaindeathsentence,McMillanescaped,nevertobeseeninThailandagain.Inthisgrippingaccount,herevealsthenightmareofexistenceinthisinfamousjailandexplainshowhemadehishazardousjailbreak.