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008    180820s2018    xxuac         000 0aeng   
020    9781510738584|qpaperback 
020    1510738584|qpaperback 
041    eng 
082 04 365/.6092|223 
092 0  365 Moore|bengelska 
100 1  Moore, Billy 
245 12 A prayer before dawn :|bmy nightmare in Thailand's prisons
       /|cBilly Moore 
250    First Skyhorse Publishing paperback edition 
264  1 New York, NY :|bSkyhorse Publishing,|c2018 
300    175 pages, 4 unnumbered pages :|billustrations, portraits 
       ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    First published: UK : Maverick House, 2014 
505 0  Rocky roads -- Rehab -- Thailand -- Muay Thai -- Rocky 
       marshmallow -- Relapse -- Ya ba -- Laos -- The arrest -- 
       The lion's den -- Chiang Mai Central Prison -- Chiang Mai 
       surprise -- The boxing team -- Tramadol and transsexuals -
       - Big trouble in Chiang Mai -- The fifth floor -- A guest 
       at the "Bangkok Hilton" -- Welcome to hell -- The crazy 
       room -- Struggling to survive -- The nightmare is over 
520    The first time Billy Moore walked into his cell packed 
       with seventy prisoners, the floor resembled a mass grave, 
       with intertwined arms and legs, and the smell of human 
       feces was so strong he almost vomited. That night, he 
       slept next to a dead man. It wouldn't be the last time. 
       Behind the walls of Klong Prem "Bangkok Hilton" prison, 
       life has no value. Overcrowded cells are a breeding ground
       for HIV, TB, dengue fever, and hepatitis, and the 
       conditions are putrid and brutal. In an environment where 
       drugs, murder, rape, and corruption run rampant, Moore 
       fights to stay afloat above madness and his inner demons. 
       A few years before, Moore had traveled to Thailand to 
       escape a life of heroin addiction and alcoholism in 
       England. In an attempt to stay straight, he became a 
       professional Muay Thai boxer, worked as an extra in Rambo 
       alongside Sylvester Stallone, and even fell in love. 
       However, in the poverty-stricken back streets of Chiang 
       Mai, Moore's life quickly descended back into chaos when 
       he relapsed after trying ya ba, the deadly crack cocaine 
       of Southeast Asia. Moore was imprisoned first in Chiang 
       Mai Central Prison and later in Klong Prem prison, a 
       hellhole of filth and horror that very few will ever 
       experience and none would want to see again 
600 14 Moore, Billy 
610 20 Klong Prem 
650  0 Drug addiction 
650  0 Prisons|zThailand|xSocial conditions 
650  0 Prisons|zThailand|zBangkok 
650  0 Prisoners, Foreign|zThailand|zBangkok|vBiography 
650  0 Prisoners|zThailand|zBangkok|vBiography 
650  0 Drug abuse|zThailand|vBiography 
650  0 Escapes 
650  4 Drug addiction 
650  7 Fängelser|2sao 
650  7 Drogmissbruk|2sao 
651  7 Thailand|zBangkok|2sao 
655  7 Biografi|2saogf 
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