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A war correspondent and documentary filmmaker, Toby Muse's first book is Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels. The book is made up of his experiences reporting the cocaine wars in Colombia, where he lived for 15 years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC, CNN, Vice and others. He has reported from the frontlines of the wars in Syria and Iraq. He grew up in London but now lives in Washington, DC. He never declines a rum from a stranger. He's writing his first novel. ...more

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4.18 avg rating — 1,556 ratings — published 2020 — 21 editions
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It falls in between too academic and too popular history and a little unsatisfactory. A good overview but it feels too much outside the organization - we don’t understand why people would join this organization.
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La ética de los villanos by Mario Mendoza
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Es cortico pero interesante. Los dibujos muestran accion. Bueno como va cambiando su cara en su descenso.
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The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
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I like the premise of one night, over Xmas Eve and he keeps drinking, looking for more booze.
It felt long in parts, like a scene should end and something would happen to drag it out.
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Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
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Unlike anything I’ve ever read. In the vein of Stoner and Flesh, it’s a man’s life, from a cursed beginning to troubled teenage years to his slow crawl out of the underclass - but dragging all the pain and anger with him. Like the constant philosophy ...more
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Enjoyed it. Smart approach to a memoir - something in the present tense gives it a sense of energy.
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“I roll into the Land of Lightning with a honey bear under my arm and a storm at my heels.”
Toby Muse, Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets

“I roll into the Land of Lightning with a honey bear under my arm and a storm at my heels.”
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