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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: 4.18 · 1,446 ratings · 125 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets 4.18 avg rating — 1,446 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

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Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

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Off to the Side: A Memoir

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I don’t think Johnson is for me. I liked the description of the wolf boy shouting at the end.
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Satire that hates, we need more of that. Funny plot of the counter terrorism campaign being entirely responsible for all the terrorism in the town. Good themes of the white supremacist South African police officer being looked down upon by snobbish B ...more
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He’s trying for a Chandler voice and it doesn’t quite work. Written at the nadir of the crack epidemic, there’s a despair - but also a genuine, earnest attempt look beyond the strife of the 90s.
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Had heard high praise, that it was smart and satirical. I needed a bit more bite, funnier humour.
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My fist Lehane a really enjoyed it. The book is soaked with a people and a place and the links between them. People doomed by their pasts. Are some people born to lose? Some born to victimize?
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It’s a mood novel and that works. Interesting how the drugs change everyone. I like the philosophizing.
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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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