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  • A Prayer Before Dawn

  • A Nightmare in Thailand
  • By: Billy Moore
  • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
  • Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (702 ratings)

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A Prayer Before Dawn

By: Billy Moore
Narrated by: Rupert Farley
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Summary

A Prayer Before Dawn is the true story of one man's fight to survive inside Klong Prem prison, the notorious Bangkok Hilton. Billy Moore traveled to Thailand to escape a life of drug addiction and alcoholism. He managed to overcome his inner demons for a time but relapsed after trying ya ba, a highly addictive form of methamphetamine. Moore's life quickly descended into chaos, drug dealing, and violence until he was eventually arrested and imprisoned in Klong Prem, a place where life has no value.

A Prayer Before Dawn is no ordinary prison memoir; it's the story of one man's struggle to survive in one of the world's toughest prisons. It's also a story of redemption in the most unlikely of places.

©2014 Billy Moore (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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fascinating story

loved every minute of it, it was riviting from beginning to end. definitely on my recommend list.

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Harrowing But Good

Listened to it all in one day . Harrowing & upsetting to hear what happened to some prisoners but really good & so funny at times too I laughed out loud in supermarkets shopping listening to you with earbuds in 🤣. Glad your out , what a total nightmare you’ve been through & good luck for the future 👍🏼

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The reader brought the story to life

Interesting insight into the despair and resilience and survival instinct - to stay alive by making connections

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Enjoyable

when he described himself in Liverpool I thought he was a scumbag but you warm to him though the book.
It was really interesting with lots of strange characters and quite disturbing in parts and I sad to reach the final chapter.
Mr Moore brought it all on himself but I hope he's well now and has found peace.

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Great story

absolutely loved this book and the story is captivating and insightful and the life that this man went through was very interesting

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good story terrible narrator.

narrator ruined the story with terrible accent. Billy has had enough misfortune because unless he was part way through converting to a ladyboy who hailed from the Black Country the narrators accent which is supposed to be Scouse is a proper joke.

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simply amazing

easily the best book I've ever listened to what a story, I wish Billy all the best for the future

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Brilliant

Wow what an eye opener English prisons are really a holiday camp compared to this hell

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Very good

Finished this really quickly. It's interesting enough to manage to allow you to get best the poor narrator and those terrible accents. Still rated as worth the purchase despite this

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Powerful story

Excellently narrated and we’ll worth listen. Gives you a great feel for prison life in Thailand.

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