Snowblind
Published on 24. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-84767-776-1 (ISBN)
Description
When it was first published in the mid-seventies, Snowblind established itself as an essential piece of true crime writing. The story of the legendary Zachary Swan, a mover in the cocaine trade in the sixties who set the standard for all who followed, Sabbag's riveting account is a compulsive insight into an underworld populated by crazy characters and riven by paranoia. The result is an illuminating and wild book that influenced a generation of writers and smugglers.
Reviews / Votes
One of the first books about the cocaine trade and it is still among the best. * * Norman Mailer * * A flat-out ballbuster. It moves like a threshing machine with a fuel tank of ether. * * Hunter S. Thompson * * An extremely rare cut of dry wit, poetry, rock-hard fact and relentless insight into modern American morality. * * Rolling Stone * * Sabbag is an incisive reporter and a stylish class-A writer. * * The Times * * The scammer's bible . . . As predicted by Billie Bronx, Snowblind has stood the test of time. It's still the best. * * Howard Marks * * Un-put-downable . . . the best book ever written about cocaine. * * Loaded * *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
269 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84767-776-1 (9781847677761)
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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.