Killing Pablo, 9781786490711
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Hunted: One man, a nation held hostage, and brutal justice.
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Killing Pablo

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    400 pages

  • Release Date

    6 July 2016

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Summary

Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the King of Cocaine

A tour de force of investigative journalism, Killing Pablo tells the story of the violent rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the head of the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel. Escobar’s criminal empire held a nation of thirty million hostage in a reign of terror that would only end with his death.

In an intense, up-close account, award-winning journalist Mark Bowden exposes details never before revealed about the covert s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781786490711
ISBN-10:1786490714
Author:Mark Bowden
Publisher:Atlantic Books
Imprint:Atlantic Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Edition:Main
Release Date:6 July 2016
Weight:373g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 28mm
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Critics Review

Vivid, fast-paced and well researched * Sunday Times *A remarkable opus of investigative journalism * The Times *Mark Bowden’s thrilling, completely engrossing book brings the man and his bloody times to vivid life. I couldn’t put it down. – Howard MarksPowerfully written and well researched * Independent on Sunday *A psychotic safari * Daily Mail *A master of narrative journalism, Bowden employs the same techniques of reconstructing scenes and dialogue that made his bestselling Black Hawk Down gripping reading. * New York Times *A well researched and staggering account. * Time Out *A brilliant reconstruction… Clear and gripping * Evening Standard *Reads like a Clancyesque thriller, it’s fast-paced, full of page-turning intrigue, corruption, and thwarted pursuit. * San Francisco Chronicle *A compelling, almost Shakespearean tale * Los Angeles Times *If ever there was a real-life James Bond villain, Pablo Escobar was it… 10 times better than any fictional crime story * Uncut *

About The Author

Mark Bowden

Mark Bowden is the author of several books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down. He reported at The Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty years and now writes for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic and other magazines.

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