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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 — 1,542 ratings — published 2020 — 21 editions
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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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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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Legends of the Fall is the best of the theee short stories. A sweeping look over the lives of 3 brothers. An examination of our very natures.
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I liked his description of the romance and San Francisco, how he obsesses and is changed by both.
The writing is good, although at times a bit too much.
It’s refreshing to read a modern book about a sexual affair from a man’s POV - I feel those books
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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.”
Toby Muse, Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets

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