Smokescreen
Published on 21. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-84195-426-4 (ISBN)
Description
When Allen Long's attempts to make a documentary on drug smuggling stalled for cash, smuggling seemed the obvious way to raise the necessary funds. Millions of dollars later the film still hadn't been made, but Long's own life as a pioneering dope smuggler had played out like a Hollywood movie: the seat-of-the-pants rides in decrepit DC-3s into the Columbian badlands, the near misses with law enforcement agencies, the fortunes earned and blown, the models, the partying, the Studio 54 years. And getting busted. Written by Robert Sabbag the undisputed master of the genre, Smokescreen is a hilarious piece of hair-raising reportage that will keep your pulse racing to the very last page.
Reviews / Votes
One of the best books of 2002 . . . so far . . . Absolutely spliffing * * Sunday Herald * * Nail-biting foray into the seedy Colombian underworld, is shocking, irreverent and impossible to put down. * * The Scotsman (holiday reads) * * His grip on the nerve-wracking narrative rarely slips. Smokescreen is funny as well as scary. It will be enjoyed by readers who have never even shared a reefer. * * The Sunday Telegraph * * The resulting account will undoubtedly keep you pulse racing and adrenalin pumping. * * The Times * * Smokescreen is a riveting adventure story in which we drown in the dangers, delights, and disasters of dope dealing. Sabbag's genius is to bring a subject and situation alive - and every paragraph here is punctuated by his scalpel sharp wit. There could be no other sequel to the classic Snowblind. -- Howard Marks, author of Mr NiceMore details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84195-426-4 (9781841954264)
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Person
Robert Sabbag is the best-selling author of the drug smuggling classics Snowblind and Smokescreen, and the definitive book on the U.S. Marshals, Too Tough to Die. His journalism appears in numerous magazines, among them Rolling Stone, to which he is a regular contributor. Witness Protection, based on his New York Times Magazine cover story, "The Invisible Family", was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture.