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Summary: This Book rocks.. a flat out ball-buster......
Review: I love this book ... I don't take drugs but still this is great as a window into the seventies... man the suspense, the intrigue the sheer cunning..
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Summary: One of the best.
Review: If we consider Thomas de Quincey's "The COnfessions of an English Opioum Eater", Baudelaires "The Artificial Paradises" and Ludlows "The Hasheesh Eater" the three classical pillars of the drug books, "Snowblind" sets a new way of approaching the theme. Sabbag manages to write a funny, entertaining and well defined book about what the beginning of the cocaine smuggling was. He has inherited the best ways of HUnter S. Thompson without loosing and inch of his own style. This book is the "bible" for all smugglers. In the last edition of Cannongate there is an introduction by Howard Marks, author of the bestseller "Mr Nice". Well, if you liked "Mr Nice" this book goes way beyond in the form and in the content. The characters shown are interesting and relevant to the story, the information delivered will not bore you. Sabbag tells what he has to (a lot) and misses what would bore you. Normally drug books will fall into topics like rude language and obscure characters most of the time very badly developped, now, Zachary Swan is a dandy, the language is only rude when there are direct implications for it to be so (not often) and when you finish the book you have the feeling you have gone through the adventure with the Silver Fox (name given to Swan by Canadian Jack). Thanks Sabbag!
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Summary: An engaging and non-judgemental work
Review: Overall an engaging and well-researched work. Sabbag's descriptions of Colombia accurately portray the situation in this country during a time before the drug trade turned truly nasty. It is refreshing that the author does not condemn nor judge Colombia, the country that has suffered more than any other the ravaging effects of drug trafficking, and rather shows the trade to be driven by consumer demand in the industrialized societies.
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Summary: A must read. A brilliant look into the drug trade.
Review: Snowblind begins with the Zackary Swan, the protaganist, telling his lawyer that even though cops found an ounce of coke, "they didn't find my stash." From this point on the book is a non-stop roller coaster ride into the life of Zack, the "every-man"cocaine smuggler/dealer. Sabbag's prose washes over the reader like a wave of intensity. Zackary's explosive story is the perfect mate to ride that wave into the reader's mind and psyche, making Snowblind linger in the one's memory long after he or she puts the book down. What I truly loved is the fact that Zack is not your stereotypical drug dealer- he is a smart, interesting character with a memory for details that will astound the reader. Sabbag successfully puts to rest the prejudice that all drug dealers are moronic scums. This should be a must read for both DEA agents and drug kingpins. Snowblind reads as a how-to book on drug smuggling. Zack's smuggling methods are as brilliant as they are simple. Sabbag's reverent wit in the telling of these methods makes this one of the best and most insightful books ever written on the narcotics trade. Snowblind is a brilliant book that I recommend for everyone.
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Summary: A must read. A brilliant look into the drug trade.
Review: Snowblind begins with the Zackary Swan, the protaganist, telling his lawyer that even though cops found an ounce of coke, "they didn't find my stash." From this point on the book is a non-stop roller coaster ride into the life of Zack, the "every-man"cocaine smuggler/dealer. Sabbag's prose washes over the reader like a wave of intensity. Zackary's explosive story is the perfect mate to ride that wave into the reader's mind and psyche, making Snowblind linger in the one's memory long after he or she puts the book down. What I truly loved is the fact that Zack is not your stereotypical drug dealer- he is a smart, interesting character with a memory for details that will astound the reader. Sabbag successfully puts to rest the prejudice that all drug dealers are moronic scums. This should be a must read for both DEA agents and drug kingpins. Snowblind reads as a how-to book on drug smuggling. Zack's smuggling methods are as brilliant as they are simple. Sabbag's reverent wit in the telling of these methods makes this one of the best and most insightful books ever written on the narcotics trade. Snowblind is a brilliant book that I recommend for everyone.
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Summary: A Terrific Adventure Story!!
Review: The ability to experience vicariously things one would never consider doing is one of the greatest things about reading. This book provides just such an experience. By reading Snowblind one gets as clear a picture of the life of a smuggler as possible without risking a prison sentence. There is never a dull moment with the action shifting rapidly between New York, Texas, Colombia, and Mexico. I highly recommend Snowblind.
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Summary: The age of innocence
Review: This book is about "back in the day". Before crack was invented, before the cartels got involved, before the contras got involved, before the CIA got involved (or so Gary Webb says). Very little violence, all in all a starry-eyed, very amusing vision of the drug trade that sometimes reminds one of Hunter S. Thompson. Hard to believe it was ever like that. Very little like "Traffic", "Killing Pablo" or "Dark Alliance", is that's what you are looking for.
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Summary: Good read about early 70's drug smuggling
Review: This book is about a New Yorker who engages in running drugs (Cocaine) and his adventures and dealings setting up operations in Colbumbia, Mexico and the States. It takes place in the early seventies when the smuggling "sophistication" was in its early stages of develpoment. The book follows Swan's rise and fall in an exciting and compelling way with some very interesting and colorful characters along the way. I can truly reccomend this book to people interested in 70's crime and drug related storys.
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Summary: excellent reading
Review: This is a story of a middle class new york party boy who gets caught up and eventually drug down in the cocaine scene in the seventies.... Very good reading... About time it was re issued
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Summary: Drug runners have never looked this good.
Review: This novel starts off at a blistering pace and doesn't slack off. This is a must read, and should be required in schools to educate the youths of today on what goes on in the real world.
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