Mr Nice, 9781784705909
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Drugs, spies, prison: one man’s unbelievable, hilarious true story.

Mr Nice

21st anniversary edition

$41.25

  • Paperback

    576 pages

  • Release Date

    13 August 2017

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Summary

Mr. Nice: The Howard Marks Story

21st ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSH

He was Britain’s most wanted man. He spent seven years in America’s toughest penitentiary. You’ll like him.

During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world.

At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tons of marijuana, and had contact with organisat…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784705909
ISBN-10:178470590X
Author:Howard Marks, Irvine Welsh
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:576
Edition:21st
Release Date:13 August 2017
Weight:401g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 35mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Frequently hilarious, occasionally sad, and often surreal

Frequently hilarious, occasionally sad, and often surreal * GQ *A folk legend… Howard Marks has huge charisma. He sounds like Richard Burton and looks like a Rolling Stone * Daily Mail *A man who makes Peter Pan look like a geriatric with sleeping sickness * Loaded *Racy…with plenty of globe trotting colour * Independent *

About The Author

Howard Marks

Howard Marks (Author)

Howard Marks (1945-2016) wrote the international bestseller Mr Nice, which describes his years as one of the world’s most wanted drug barons. It has sold over one million copies worldwide and was adapted into a major film. He also garnered critical and popular acclaim for The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories, Senor Nice and a series of crime novels.

Irvine Welsh (Introducer)

Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written fourteen further novels, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller Dead Men’s Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.

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