American Desperado: My Life--From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset

by Evan Wright and Jon Roberts

Book Overview

In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his New York Times bestselling book Generation Kill and co-writer of the Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned , began a series of conversations with super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the fabulously successful documentary Cocaine Cowboys.? Those conversations would last three years, during which time Wright came to realize that Roberts was much more than the de-facto "transportation chief" of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307450422
• ISBN13: 9780307450425
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Amazing book, It’s the only Biography I’ve read numerous times.

Did you watch the Cocaine Cowboys documentary? Well this is way better. It’s a easy read, Filled with facts & the author was sure to write i. Small notes at the bottom , Of any discrepancies & fact check just about everything. It is one of my favorite books &I have bought it new twice ( bc of lending out etc) And I have re-read the book numerous times, As in once every year or 1.5 years!