Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw - Brossura

Bowden, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0142000957 ISBN 13: 9780142000953

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2001

Riassunto

A riveting nonfiction thriller reveals the inside story of how U.S. special forces and intelligence agencies led an extensive manhunt to capture and contain Colombian cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, one of the most powerful and wealthiest outlaws ever known. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"A master of narrative journalism, [Bowden] employs the same techniques of reconstructing scenes and dialogue that made his Black Hawk Down gripping reading." The New York Times Book Review

"The story of how the U.S. Army Intelligence and Delta Force commandos helped Colombian police track down and kill Pablo Escobar is a compelling, almost Shakespearean tale." —Los Angeles Times

"Absolutely riveting. . . . Bowden has a way of making modern nonfiction read like the best of novels." —The Denver Post

"Compellingly detailed.... Reads like a Clancyesque thriller; it's fast-paced, full of page-turning intrigue, corruption, and thwarted pursuit." San Francisco Chronicle

L'autore:

Mark Bowden is the author of Bringing the Heat and Doctor Dealer. He has been a reporter at thePhiladelphia Inquirer for twenty years. He has also written for Men’s Journal, Sports Illustrated, andRolling Stone. He was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Black Hawk Down.

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• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0142000957
• ISBN 13: 9780142000953
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304