Escape: The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Escape from Thailand's Bangkok Hilton
May 2007 · Sold by Monsoon Books
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Klong Prem prison, Thailand. The “Bangkok Hilton”, where 600 foreigners among the 12,000 inmates of this walled prison city also wait and rot. Among the tragic, ruthless and forgotten, one man resolves to do what no other has done: escape. This is the true story of drug smuggler David McMillan’s perilous break-out from Asia’s most notorious prison. From his arrest at Don Muang airport, to awaiting trial inside Klong Prem, he provides an insight into the lives of the British, Australian, American and other Western prisoners as they are destroyed by disease, neglect and despair. Death is their only way out. Two weeks before a near-certain death sentence McMillan escapes, never to be seen in Thailand again.
Klong Prem prison, Thailand. The “Bangkok Hilton”, where 600 foreigners among the 12,000 inmates of this walled prison city also wait and rot. Among the tragic, ruthless and forgotten, one man resolves to do what no other has done: escape. This is the true story of drug smuggler David McMillan’s ...
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24 reviews
Charley
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February 6, 2026
An eye opening account to read, but also difficult to read and follow at times as quite wordy and flip flops between memories and 'present day'. Took me too long to finish as I kept losing my way and had to push through on occasions. Shame. I think his experience could have been better represented in a book.
Shaun Carney
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October 13, 2021
GREAT READ FOR ANY TRUE CRIME READERS I WOULD HATE TO BE BANGED UP IN ONE OF THE HARSH PRISON IN THE WORLD THE PLACE IS FULL OF BAD DISEASES THE MORE I READ MADE ME THINK DON'T GO ABROAD AND GET LOCKED UP COS BANGKOK PRISON' SOUNDS LIKE HELL ON EARTH
Pamela Craig
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February 23, 2014
Great read!!
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About the author
David McMillan (London, England) masterminded a heroin-smuggling syndicate worth millions of dollars and planned numerous escape attempts from prisons around the world, before retiring in the late 1990s to London.
David McMillan (London, England) masterminded a heroin-smuggling syndicate worth millions of dollars and planned numerous escape attempts from prisons around the world, before retiring in the late 1990s to London.
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