- Gebundene Ausgabe: 320 Seiten
- Verlag: HarperCollins (Juni 1993)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0060179309
- ISBN-13: 978-0060179304
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,6 x 12,2 x 3,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 820.796 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The up-your-nose, in-your-face life of George Jung, the high-school football star from small-town USA who became the American linchpin of the Colombian cocaine connection. Relying on extensive interviews with Jung and other key figures, Porter (Journalism/Brooklyn College) recounts a sleigh- ride-to-hell story of how 60's hippie innocence turned into 80's megadepravity. Porter dwells too long on Jung's unexceptional childhood (poor grades, risk-taking, shaky family life) but picks up steam when his subject comes of age--as a likable, handsome, well-muscled hedonist--and takes off for California and a haze of sunbathing, sex, pot, and LSD. Soon enough, Jung becomes chief marijuana importer to a number of prestigious East Coast colleges. Likening himself to Butch Cassidy, he moves his operation to Mexico and makes a mint until a series of busts stops him--temporarily. In prison, Jung befriends a young Carlos Lehder and links up with the Medell¡n coke cartel. The money bandied about is staggering: The Colombian suppliers gross $35 billion a year, and Jung buys a house just to stash his cash (lining floors and walls with $100 bills): ``Money, Learjets, fast cars, wild women, houses with maids,'' is how he recalls it later. Inevitably, the roller-coaster hits the steep downward slope: paranoia, as Jung snorts mountains of coke; a heart attack in his mid-30s; a car-bomb attack by Lehder, by now a business enemy; scary trips to Colombia, during one of which Jung watched coke czar Pablo Escobar execute a police informer; a flurry of arrests and escapes; finally, the Big Bust. But, as always, Jung comes out unscathed, turning state's witness (with Escobar's approval) to sing against Lehder. Set scot-free in exchange for his testimony, Jung now works in a legit delivery service, transporting fish up and down Cape Cod. How a happy hippie blew it on blow--finely researched, told with pizzazz. (Illustrations) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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"Extraordinarily interesting...Mr. Porter has done an excellent job telling the tale of a very unusual entrepreneur."-- "The New York Times Book Review"
"The story belongs to anyone who has ever savored a well-told tale of adventure, greed, deceit, and revenge. Best of all, it's true."-- "Houston Chronicle"
"A sleigh-ride-to-hell story of how '60s hippie innocence turned into '80s megadepravity...finely researched, told with pizzazz."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
"The story belongs to anyone who has ever savored a well-told tale of adventure, greed, deceit, and revenge. Best of all, it's true."-- "Houston Chronicle"
"A sleigh-ride-to-hell story of how '60s hippie innocence turned into '80s megadepravity...finely researched, told with pizzazz."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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Boy George and his fantastic story,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All (Taschenbuch)
I did it again. I watched the movie on television and immediately afterwards I ordered the book, without realising I had done this 5 years before. But even so, it didn't disappoint me one bit. The movie was great and with J. Depp in mind I cautiously stepped into the intriguing world of George Jung and his intrepid Colombian connections. For tense, page-turning suspense, this is on a level with "Snowblind" and "Smokesscreen" from Robert Sabbag or "Mr.Nice" not to mention any of the books on Pablo Escobar. These guys were fed by an egoistic urge to explore their own levels of getting high with the balls to actually create a business out of it before it all got out of hand and they got busted (or killed). Blow has all the drama of 10 "Rockies" and plenty more laughs. High-ly recommended for all "aware" readers. The mixture of getting stoned and being in utter danger is spicier than sweet and sour chillies.
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