American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy by Jon Roberts

Description Reviews (0) ‘The best crime book since Wiseguy‘ – Rich CohenA real-life Scarface, Jon was born into the Gambino Mafia family and witnessed his first murder aged seven. He joined a US Army assassination squad in Vietnam to escape a teen criminal charge, then fled New York to reinvent himself in Miami as the number one supplier of cocaine in the US. With a crazed bodyguard always at his side, and a fortress protected by mortars, tear-gas cannons, and a gold-fanged attack dog, Roberts was brutally effective at what he did. With a cast that includes everyone from Jimi Hendrix and OJ Simpson to the CIA and General Noriega, American Desperado is a hedonistic, adrenaline-soaked joyride through the world of Escobar and the cartels, told by one of most successful criminals of all time. The incredible memoirs of the man who became the No.1 supplier of cocaine in the US, now the subject of a major Hollywood filmAbout the Author Jon Roberts (Author) JON ROBERTS was, prior to his incarceration, among the most successful drug smugglers in American history, at one point overseeing an operation that accounted for more than half of the cocaine entering the US. He collaborated with some of the most notorious criminals of his era, including Pablo Escobar and General Noriega, was a key player in the Iran-Contra affair, and starred in the hit documentary Cocaine Cowboys. Jon died in 2011.Evan Wright (Author) EVAN WRIGHT is the author of Generation Kill, one of the most celebrated books on the Iraq War and recently adapted by David Simon into a 7-hour HBO miniseries. He is a recipient of the National Magazine Award, a Los Angeles Times Book Award, a PEN/Faulkner Award and a Lukas Book Prize. He is also a contributing editor to Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. ReviewsAn American criminal mastermind — Ed Caesar * Sunday Times *A spellbinding narrative of drugs, death and debauchery as told by one of America’s most notorious criminals… A savage, unrelenting tale * Kirkus Reviews *A tour de force. The best crime book since Wiseguy. Puts you in the middle of a world where it’s wonderful to be a tourist, terrible to be a resident. I am filled with nothing but admiration and envy for Evan Wright — Rich Cohen, author of THE FISH THAT ATE THE WHALEImagine if Mister Kurtz from Heart of Darkness sat down with Dick Cavett for a little chat about the nature of good and evil, empathy, fatherhood, violence, drugs, power, self-knowledge, women, family, the hero versus the anti-hero, freedom, imprisonment…Try as you might, you can’t really put this book down — Doug Stanton, author of HORSE SOLDIERS and IN HARM’S WAYSeldom have I read an account of criminal enterprise that took me so deeply into the blackness of a man’s soul – a scary read, pounding and relentless and irresistible — Bruce Porter, author of BLOWBook InformationISBN 9780091949419Author Jon RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Ebury PressPublisher Ebury PublishingWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 126mm * 34mm Reviews There are no reviews yet. Be the first to review “American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy by Jon Roberts” Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Your rating * Rate… Perfect Good Average Not that bad Very poor Your review *Name * Email * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.