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25%OFFRusty Young - Marching Powder - 9781509829408 - V9781509829408
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Marching Powder

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Description for Marching Powder Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BGH; JKVP1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
San Pedro is Bolivia's most notorious prison. Small-time drug smuggler Thomas McFadden found himself on the inside. Marching Powder is the story of how he navigated this dark world of gangs, drugs and corruption to come out on top. Thomas found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that is wrong with South American society. Prisoners have to pay an entrance fee and buy their own cells (the alternative is to sleep outside and die of exposure), prisoners' wives and children often live inside too, high quality cocaine is manufactured and sold from the prison. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509829408
SKU
V9781509829408
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Rusty Young
Rusty Young is an Australian lawyer who met Thomas McFadden on a tour of San Pedro. He was so impressed by him that he stayed there (voluntarily) for three months in order to write his story. Thomas McFadden is now a free man, living in London.

Reviews for Marching Powder
Astonishing real-life story of a Brit drug smuggler banged up in Bolivia's most notorious jail.
FHM
This exotic, cautionary yarn opens the abyss beneath our wealthy world.
Uncut
All the staples of the prison memoir are here: sadistic guards, an attempted break-out, the terrors of solitary confinement, the joys of freedom . . . The result ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Marching Powder


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