Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the Richest, Most Powerful Criminal in History - Softcover

Bowden, Mark

 
9781903809488: Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the Richest, Most Powerful Criminal in History

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'I was bowled over by Mark Bowden's extraordinary account of Pablo Escobar's bloody career. His brilliant book is enthralling, horrifying and unputdownable.' HOWARD MARKS, author of MR NICE. Killing Pablo charts the rise and spectacular fall of the Columbian drug lord, Pablo Escobar, the richest and most powerful criminal in history. The book exposes the massive illegal operation by covert US Special Forces and intelligence services to hunt down and assassinate Escobar. Killing Pablo combines the heart-stopping energy of a Tom Clancy techno-thriller and the stunning detail of award-winning investigative journalism. It is the most dramatic and detailed and account ever published of America's dirtiest clandestine war. From the reviews: 'Riveting' Sunday Times Summer Reading 'A remarkable opus of investigative journalism' The Times 'Powerfully written and well researched' Independent on Sunday 'A psychotic safari.' Daily Mail 'A well researched and staggering account.' Time Out 'A brilliant reconstruction... rich with authentic complexity' Evening Standard'The season's best thriller.' Entertainment Weekly

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Mark Bowden is the bestselling author of Killing Pablo (Atlantic 2002), Finders Keepers (Atlantic 2003), Guests of the Ayatollah (Atlantic 2006) and Black Hawk Down, which was made into a successful film by Ridley Scott. Guests of the Ayatollah is his latest book. He is a national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly.

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