Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade

Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade

by Howard Marks (Introduction), Robert Sabbag (Author)

Synopsis

It tells the true story of legendary cocaine smuggler, Zachary Swan, whose exploits and scams in the sixties and seventies baffled police and customs officials alike. Robert Sabbag's riveting account of Swan's brief career provides a compulsive insight into the cocaine underworld in which all the double-dealing, crazy characters and paranoia are captured brilliantly. The combination of Sabbag's sandpaper dry wit and meticulous research, with Swan's roller-coaster ride lifestyle, have made Snowblind a book of enduring appeal.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Main
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 02 Feb 2002

ISBN 10: 1841952257
ISBN 13: 9781841952253

Author Bio
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.