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Memory of Pablo Escobar
The extraordinary story of the richest and most violent gangster in history--from his youth, his bid for political power, his domination of the world's cocaine trade, his campaign against the Colombian state during which thousands died, his imprisonment in a luxurious private jail, his escape, through to his eventual capture and shooting--is told in hundreds of photographs gathered by photographer James Mollison in Colombia. Exhaustively researched, this visual biography includes photographs from Escobar family albums, pictures by Escobar's bodyguards, pictures from police files (both shot by the police and taken in raids on Escobar's premises) and snapshots by the Federal Drug Administration officer who helped hunt Escobar down. The book's illuminating text draws on new interviews with family members, other gangsters, Colombian police and judges and other survivors of Escobar's killing sprees, supplemented by contemporary photographs by Mollison of Escobar's fleet of planes, his private zoo, arms caches captured by the police--and even Escobar's prison jukebox. A compelling picture story and a landmark in visual journalism.
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360 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2007
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November 30, 2015
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Anne Baltrushes
11/30/2015
Memory of Pablo Escobar
The Memory of Pablo Escobar by James Mollison, tells the life of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. Born in 1950, Escobar rose to fame as he became the world’s largest cocaine dealer in history. Mollison shows hundreds of stories through photographs, interviews from family and people who survived his attacks. Escobar was on the run for over a quarter of his life, and when he was incarcerated it was in a luxurious prison where the guards were employed by him. He eventually escaped and went back on the run until he was shot and killed at the age of 44.
This book was very interesting to me because of the way Mollison arranged all of his material. After reading about a crazy story about Escobar, there would be pictures and interviews from witnesses to follow it up. This is important in a book like this for a couple reasons. It helps the reader further understand what actually happened, but most importantly gives the story credibility; if not for this evidence how does one know the author isn’t claiming fictional writing as non- fictional. Not to mention pictures help keep me interested whereas sometimes the monotony of reading for a while gets boring. This was one of the better books I have read in a while strictly because of how crazy these stories actually are, some mind blowing. Escobar was said to be making the equivalent of 60 million dollars every day in his prime. Numbers like this seem unreal... Along with a lot of other facts in this book. I recommend this book to anyone who has ever been at all interested with Pablo Escobar.
Expository Reading and Writing
Anne Baltrushes
11/30/2015
Memory of Pablo Escobar
The Memory of Pablo Escobar by James Mollison, tells the life of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. Born in 1950, Escobar rose to fame as he became the world’s largest cocaine dealer in history. Mollison shows hundreds of stories through photographs, interviews from family and people who survived his attacks. Escobar was on the run for over a quarter of his life, and when he was incarcerated it was in a luxurious prison where the guards were employed by him. He eventually escaped and went back on the run until he was shot and killed at the age of 44.
This book was very interesting to me because of the way Mollison arranged all of his material. After reading about a crazy story about Escobar, there would be pictures and interviews from witnesses to follow it up. This is important in a book like this for a couple reasons. It helps the reader further understand what actually happened, but most importantly gives the story credibility; if not for this evidence how does one know the author isn’t claiming fictional writing as non- fictional. Not to mention pictures help keep me interested whereas sometimes the monotony of reading for a while gets boring. This was one of the better books I have read in a while strictly because of how crazy these stories actually are, some mind blowing. Escobar was said to be making the equivalent of 60 million dollars every day in his prime. Numbers like this seem unreal... Along with a lot of other facts in this book. I recommend this book to anyone who has ever been at all interested with Pablo Escobar.
March 27, 2012
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