BLOW: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All

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Summary: Blow - A prospective form a former drug smuggler
Review: It's hard to feel much sympathy for George Jung, a young man who managed in the formative years of drug smuggling, to accumulate and then lose a house stuffed with $100 dollar bills, as result of his efforts to pioneer the many pit falls of the early days of marijuana and cocaine importing and distribution. His enthusiasm is matched only be his naivete as is evidenced by his early association with people like Carlos Lederer, a major player in the Columbian cocaine business. In his efforts to acquire a "comfortable" nest egg, George falls victim to the 3 demons of the drug trade; greed (insert here, not knowing when to quit), ego, and love of the 'product'; the last pitfall clouding all ability to think objectively re: the first 2 demons. I say this from having "been there / done that" and survived comfortably after a few years as a pilot in the drug transport business. The book dwells excessively on George's childhood to the point of boredom. Its 300 pages could have been reduced by as much a third. But it does give a highly accurate look at the good / bad and exciting old days in the drug running business. For all his short comings, George Jung manages to come off as a likable and fascinating character, well worth being the subject of a forthcoming film staring Matt Dillon and Max Perlich.

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Summary: It's okay, the movies better
Review: Like I said, the movies better. This may be the tell-tale truth but you'll find that it is a complete 180 from the movie. If you've seen the movie, you're bound to get confused during the reading. A lot of this book is jumping back and forth, more fact than story-telling. George Jung was definitely a huge player in the cocaine business, though I think he is rather over-rated as a public star. I found myself during this book reading a paragraph three times over but finally going to the next with "this doesn't make sense". A good book in the aspect that it's the true account of the life of George young. If you really want to know about the business and others like it, search elsewhere for detail.

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Summary: small town boy hits the big time
Review: Only in america could a middle class football star become a huge player in bringing cocaine to america. It was amazing the amounts of money that george jung was making to the point that he was placing money in the ventalation ducts he was makinging so much that he had fake ducts installed just to hide money.MAkes you wonder when enough money is enough.This is a good book to read

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Summary: BLOW: How A Small Time Boy Made millions with the Mede
Review: Saw this movie and had to read the book.
What a powerful work. George Jung is a genius in what he does, unfortunately his work is illegal. He outsmarted all of them in the beginning. You have to feel some sympathy for his financial loss. Would love to know what he is thinking now.
Great book. Must read.

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Summary: BLOW: How A Small Time Boy Made millions with the Mede
Review: Saw this movie and had to read the book.
What a powerful work. George Jung is a genius in what he does, unfortunately his work is illegal. He outsmarted all of them in the beginning. You have to feel some sympathy for his financial loss. Would love to know what he is thinking now.
Great book. Must read.

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Summary: Too much- Too often
Review: Such daring! Reads like a fiction that couldn't be true, but is!!! I felt sorry for him in the end... But what a ride while it lasted.

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Summary: blow(s) up
Review: The book Blow was a great story. The story was written well with great detail. The reason i think this is a great book is becuase of the story line the way he runs things the smarts of a young kid trying to make his way up on the food chain. Even if it is in an illegal bussiness the way that he carrys himself with the untouchable attidude is what everyone likes. The fact that it is about selling drugs people think right away it glamorizes the use and sell of drugs but it doesn't it ruins his life and his relationships with others.

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Summary: a truely great book
Review: This is one of few books that lets you experience the drug smuggling trade from the traffickers point of view. No media hype, no anti-drug message. Just a great story about a smart individual in a rough trade

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Summary: Great book about drug smuggling
Review: This is one of the better books about the drug trade that I have read. The level of detail that Porter provides about the smuggling operations is excellent. He devotes a good portion of the book to discussion of this and that's the main reason why this book is so interesting. On the other hand, George Jung's story is a typical story of the drug dealer who doesn't know when to stop. I did think that discussing Jung's childhood did not really help the book in any way. It simply gave us background that really was not required to understand the rest of his life. Porter might have been better served by focusing less on Jung and more on the smuggling. Overall, however, I would recommend this book.

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Summary: EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is one of the few books I have read more than once. The story is very well written and the pictures are a nice extra detail. Georg Jung is a GOD (and he is still alive too!...amazing, a living legend!)