The Candy Machine
How Cocaine Took Over the World
$38.79
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
16 September 2009
Summary
The story of cocaine as it’s never been told before
Cocaine is big business and getting bigger. Governments spend millions on an unwinnable war against it, yet it’s now the drug of choice in the West. How did the cocaine economy get so huge? Who keeps it running behind the scenes?
In The Candy Machine, Tom Feiling travels the trade routes from Colombia via Miami, Kingston and Tijuana to London and New York. He meets Medellin hitmen, US kingpins, Brazilian traffickers,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141034461 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141034467 |
| Author: | Tom Feiling |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 16 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 276g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
The Candy Machine is highly addictive
The Candy Machine is highly addictive * Metro *
It is hard to decide if Tom Feiling’s future lies as a QC or the new Paul Theroux. He has written a vivid, argumentative, arresting book * The Sunday Telegraph *
I’ve read a few documentary accounts of the rise of cocaine, and this might be the best of them. It’s clear, sharp and solid. Very well told * Evening Standard *
An important study of the cultivation, usage and suppression of cocaine * FT *
A cracking read … Strong stuff, beautifully argued * Literary Review *
About The Author
Tom Feiling
Tom Feiling is an award-winning documentary film-maker. He spent a year living and working in Colombia before making Resistencia- Hip-Hop in Colombia, which won numerous awards at film festivals around the world, and was broadcast in four countries. In 2003 he became Campaigns Director for the TUC’s Justice for Colombia campaign, which organizes for human rights in Colombia. This is his first book.
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