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Pablo Escobar's Story #3
Pablo Escobar's Story 3: Narcos Fall
“Finally, the definitive book about Escobar, original and up-to-date” – UNILAD Pablo Escobar was a mama’s boy who cherished his family and sang in the shower, yet he bombed a passenger plane and formed a death squad that used genital electrocution. Most Escobar biographies only provide a few pieces of the puzzle, but this action-packed 1000-page book reveals everything about the king of cocaine. Mostly translated from Spanish, Part 3 contains stories untold in the English-speaking world, The terrifying details of how Pablo slaughtered some of his friends. The Cali Cartel’s attempt to drop a bomb on Pablo’s prison. His final dark desperate days with his family. Who really hunted him and how he died.
- GenresNonfictionTrue Crime
262 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 11, 2020
About the author
Shaun Attwood
83 books367 followersIn prison, I read over 1000 books in just under six years, including many literary classics. Books were the lifeblood of my rehabilitation.
As told on National Geographic Channel's Locked-Up/Banged-Up Abroad episode "Raving Arizona," I used a tiny pencil sharpened on a cell door to write the first prison blog, Jon’s Jail Journal. My writing, smuggled out of the jail with the highest rate of death in America, run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, turned the international media spotlight on the human rights violations, including guards murdering mentally ill inmates, dead rats in the food, lack of medical care...
Raised in a small chemical-manufacturing town in northern England, I was the first from my family to go to university. As a penniless graduate, I took my business degree to Phoenix, and worked my way up to become a stock-market millionaire.
But I also led a double life. An early fan of the Manchester rave scene, I headed an organisation that threw raves and distributed Ecstasy. On May 16th 2002, a SWAT team knocked my door down.
Facing a life sentence, I entered a lengthy legal battle. After two years of being held unsentenced, I was convicted of drug offences. Sentenced to 9½ years, I served almost 6.
I had only read finance books prior to my arrest. While incarcerated, I submerged myself in literature. By studying original texts in psychology and philosophy, I sought to better understand myself and my past behaviour.
Released in December 2007, I continue to campaign against Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I keep my blog, Jon’s Jail Journal, going by posting stories mailed to me by my prison friends.
In July 2008, I won a Koestler award for a short story, which I read to an audience at the Royal Festival Hall.
I presently live near London, and talk to schools across the UK about my jail experience and the consequences of getting involved in drugs and crime.
As told on National Geographic Channel's Locked-Up/Banged-Up Abroad episode "Raving Arizona," I used a tiny pencil sharpened on a cell door to write the first prison blog, Jon’s Jail Journal. My writing, smuggled out of the jail with the highest rate of death in America, run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, turned the international media spotlight on the human rights violations, including guards murdering mentally ill inmates, dead rats in the food, lack of medical care...
Raised in a small chemical-manufacturing town in northern England, I was the first from my family to go to university. As a penniless graduate, I took my business degree to Phoenix, and worked my way up to become a stock-market millionaire.
But I also led a double life. An early fan of the Manchester rave scene, I headed an organisation that threw raves and distributed Ecstasy. On May 16th 2002, a SWAT team knocked my door down.
Facing a life sentence, I entered a lengthy legal battle. After two years of being held unsentenced, I was convicted of drug offences. Sentenced to 9½ years, I served almost 6.
I had only read finance books prior to my arrest. While incarcerated, I submerged myself in literature. By studying original texts in psychology and philosophy, I sought to better understand myself and my past behaviour.
Released in December 2007, I continue to campaign against Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I keep my blog, Jon’s Jail Journal, going by posting stories mailed to me by my prison friends.
In July 2008, I won a Koestler award for a short story, which I read to an audience at the Royal Festival Hall.
I presently live near London, and talk to schools across the UK about my jail experience and the consequences of getting involved in drugs and crime.
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October 26, 2020
I must admit that I enjoy most of Shaun Attwood's work and listen to his podcast and interviews quite regularly. I also read quite a bit myself about the life of Pablo Escobar and the nature of the war on drugs (especially in South America) so when I found out that he wrote extensively (over a thousands pages) and objectively (considering the author's background) upon the subject I was hooked.
Attwood's style is compelling, full of details and analysis to represent the most comprehensive biography of the infamous El PAtron.
Captivating, larger-than-life story of the most wanted man from to rise to fall.
Highly recommended.
I'll definitely read more form the author and I'm currently waiting for my paperback order of 'American Made' and 'Clinton Bush and Cia conspiracies.'
Attwood's style is compelling, full of details and analysis to represent the most comprehensive biography of the infamous El PAtron.
Captivating, larger-than-life story of the most wanted man from to rise to fall.
Highly recommended.
I'll definitely read more form the author and I'm currently waiting for my paperback order of 'American Made' and 'Clinton Bush and Cia conspiracies.'
Displaying 1 of 1 review