American Desperado

My life as a Cocaine Cowboy

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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‘The best crime book since Wiseguy’ – Rich CohenA real-life Scarface, Jon was born into the Gambino Mafia family and witnessed his first murder aged seven. He joined a US Army assassination squad in Vietnam to escape a teen criminal charge, then fled New York to reinvent himself in Miami as the number one supplier of cocaine in the US. With a crazed bodyguard always at his side, and a fortress protected by mortars, tear-gas cannons, and a gold-fanged attack dog, Roberts was brutally effective at what he did. With a cast that includes everyone from Jimi Hendrix and OJ Simpson to the CIA and General Noriega, American Desperado is a hedonistic, adrenaline-soaked joyride through the world of Escobar and the cartels, told by one of most successful criminals of all time.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-12-06
Mått:130 x 198 x 38 mm
Vikt:388 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:576
Förlag:Ebury Publishing
ISBN:9780091949419

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