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Toby Muse

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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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Average rating: 4.17 · 1,504 ratings · 131 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets 4.17 avg rating — 1,504 ratings — published 2020 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels - from the Jungles to the Streets by Toby Muse (Goodreads Author), Alex Wyndham (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kilo: El mundo secreto de los cárteles de la cocaína by Toby Muse (Goodreads Author), Victoria Pradilla (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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

tags: crime, journalism, nonfiction, reportage, travel, true-crime

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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

tags: crime, journalism, nonfiction, reportage, travel, true-crime

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