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Best Books about Westerners in Trouble Abroad
A Listmania! list by Chris Thrall

1. The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison by W Fellows

The list author says:
	"In 1978, Warren Fellows was convicted in Thailand of heroin trafficking and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Damage Done is his story of an unthinkable nightmare."

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2. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

The list author says:
	"Greg Roberts turned to heroin and a string of robberies. Convicted, he escaped from a maximum-security prison, spending the next ten years on the run in Bombay as Australia's most wanted man."

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3. Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent into Drug Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland by Chris Thrall

The list author says:
	"Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find fortune in Hong Kong but ended up in psychosis from crystal meth addiction and working for a triad gang in the Wan Chai red-light district."

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4. Mr Nice by Howard Marks

The list author says:
	"Howard Marks had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines and 25 companies. Bars, recording studios and offshore banks, all were money-laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing."

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5. Welcome to Hell: One Man's Fight for Life Inside the Bangkok Hilton by Colin Martin

The list author says:
	"Written from his cell and smuggled out page by page, Colin Martin's autobiography chronicles an innocent man's struggle to survive inside one of the world's most dangerous prisons."

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6. Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton - Sandra Gregory's Story by Sandra Gregory

The list author says:
	"Sandra Gregory lived a dream life in Bangkok - until illness and unemployment turned it into a nightmare. Desperate to get home, she agreed to smuggle heroin but didn't even make it onto the plane."

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7. No More Tomorrows: The Compelling True Story of an Innocent Woman Sentenced to Twenty Years in a Hellhole Bali Prison by Schapelle Corby

The list author says:
	"It was meant to be a holiday but for Schapelle Corby it ended up a nightmare. Arrested at the airport after marijuana was found in her bags, she became the victim of every traveller�s darkest fear."

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8. Midnight Express by Billy Hayes

The list author says:
	"Billy Hayes tried to smuggle 4lbs of hashish from Istanbul back to America. Arrested at Istanbul airport, he was sentenced to 30 years in a Turkish jail."

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9. Hotel K: The Shocking Inside Story of Bali's Most Notorious Jail by Kathryn Bonella

The list author says:
	"Welcome to Hotel Kerobokan, Bali's most notorious jail. Its walls touch paradise while on the other it's a dark, bizarre and truly frightening underworld of sex, drugs, violence and squalor."

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10. Nightmare in Bangkok: The Incredible True Account of Survival in a Thai Prison by Andy Botts

The list author says:
	"Arrested at Bangkok Airport with 114 grams of heroin in his possession, Andy Botts narrowly escaped execution. His reprieve - a prison sentence of life in the Bangkok Hilton"

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11. Marching Powder by Rusty Young

The list author says:
	"Thomas McFadden was arrested in Bolivia and thrown into the notorious San Pedro Prison. He discovered a world of bribery, drugs, intimidation and violence at every level."

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12. Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein

The list author says:
	"At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquillity. What he got was a life of crime."

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13. In the Shadow of Papillon: Seven Years of Hell in Venezuela's Prison System by Frank Kane

The list author says:
	"Following the collapse of his business, Frank Kane made a catastrophic decision to smuggle cocaine out of Venezuela. Almost inevitably, he and his girlfriend were caught."