El Patrón: Vida y Muerte de Pablo Escobar

by Luis Cañón M.

Spanish

428 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2001

Reviews

[Julien V · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I first arrived in Colombia, more than 10 years ago, I didn't speak much spanish. People would ask me "Estas bien?" and I would answer "Esta bien"... you've seen the type, clueless young white North American, lucky to stay alive in such a context. That was I.

This Escobar biography was the very first book that I read in espagnol. It wasn't great, and my local friends would make faces every time they saw this particular book (to compare, imagine a foreigner in Quebec reading a Céline Dion biography...ugh) But I chose this book on purpose... I thought it would be somewhat dumb, VERY easy to read, perfect for Clueless French Canadian Me. And boy, did I learn spanish in the 6 months I spent in Cali, Colombia, in the year 2001. My favorite country ever.

[Hans vandeVen · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be honest. This is the first book I read in the spanish language. It was handed to me (together with a few other books about Colombia) by my Colombian neighbor. For 3 three years I live in Ecuador, but I am from Holland. My neighbour left Colombia while things were going out of hand overthere.
This book helped me a lot in understanding what was happening in that country. And I think it gives a good view of what Pablo Escobar was and did in Colombia, without being moralistic.
For an european guy the latin american reality is hard to understand. But books like these help.

[Augusto · Rating 4 out of 5]

it is a interesting biography of the man who get fame in a poor country making narcotics a rich industry based on differents ways to deploy and to deliver the drugs into the american markets.

[Thorin Raa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me impacto varias anécdotas del Pablo Escobar

[Jose · Rating 3 out of 5]

El Patrón: Vida y Muerte de Pablo Escobar
por Luis Cañón M.

[Diana Romero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro es una recopilación rigurosa de datos e investigaciones alrededor de la vida y muerte de Pablo Escobar, quien para el mundo fue uno de los narcotraficantes más grandes de la historia. Un personaje, que entre amores y odios, logró gobernar más allá del Estado colombiano.

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