Killing Maradona
How cocaine, the Camorra, cartels and crime corrupted football's greatest talent
$46.80
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football’s most gifted and controversial legend.
Maradona was football’s ultimate genius - a magician on the pitch whose talent rivalled only Pele. But off the field, the boy from the barrios of Buenos Aires became entangled in a dark web of criminal influence and personal demons. From the Cali Cartel’s attempts to lure him into the drug trade, to the Camorra’s grip on his l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788406154 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178840615X |
| Author: | David Arrowsmith |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Cassell |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 36mm |
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About The Author
David Arrowsmith
David Arrowsmith
David Arrowsmith was the Director of Development at leading UK factual TV producer Zig Zag Productions. He has worked in television for over 20 years, developing unscripted ideas and acting as Executive Producer on key projects for companies such as October Films, DSP, Channel 5, Granada Television, and the BBC. He is passionate about history, and just some of his key commissions include ‘1966: Who Stole the World Cup?’, ‘Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty’, ‘8 Days That Made Rome’, and ‘Adolf & Eva: Love & War’. He was also involved in the development of the award-winning, Nobel Peace Prize-nominated documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’.
David was born and raised in London but is proudly half-Colombian. He is the great-grandson of a former president and directly descended from four more. He has played football for over 35 years and has no plans to stop just yet.
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