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Mr. Nice: An Autobiography
Howard Marks
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Description for Mr. Nice: An Autobiography
Paperback. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. Following a worldwide operation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, he was busted and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison at the Terre Haute Penitentiary, Indiana. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFH1; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408.
The incredible story of an unconventional life
During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world.
At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tons of marijuanna, and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6, the CIA, the IRA and the Mafia. Following a worldwide operation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, he was busted and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison at the Terre Haute Penitentiary, Indiana. He was released in April 1995 after serving seven ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749395698
SKU
9780749395698
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Ref
99-2
About Howard Marks
Howard Marks (1945–2016) wrote the international bestseller Mr Nice, which describes his years as one of the world's most wanted drug barons. It has sold over one million copies worldwide and was adapted into a major film. He also garnered critical and popular acclaim for The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories, Senor Nice and a series of crime novels. ... Read more
Reviews for Mr. Nice: An Autobiography
Frequently hilarious, occasionally sad, and often surreal
GQ
A man who makes Peter Pan look like a geriatric with sleeping sickness
Loaded
A folk legend... Howard Marks has huge charisma. He sounds like Richard Burton and looks like a Rolling Stone
Daily Mail
A racy yarn with plenty of globe trotting colour
Christopher ... Read more
GQ
A man who makes Peter Pan look like a geriatric with sleeping sickness
Loaded
A folk legend... Howard Marks has huge charisma. He sounds like Richard Burton and looks like a Rolling Stone
Daily Mail
A racy yarn with plenty of globe trotting colour
Christopher ... Read more