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The Accountant's Story: Inside The Violent World Of The Medellín Cartel (2009)

by Roberto Escobar(Favorite Author)

3.55 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0446178926 (ISBN13: 9780446178921)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Grand Central Publishing

review 1: An okay read, it was fairly interesting hearing another side to the Pablo Escobar story from someone who knew him but I questioned quite a bit of the story with what seemed like a few white lies told to cover some truths. It was an easy read but that was probably down to the fact that it felt like each paragraph was a continuous monologue from the author. Worth a read if you're interested in how the cocaine business started in Colombia but 'Killing Pablo' by Mark Bowden was a much better book in my opinion.
review 2: If even half of the things Roberto Escobar recounts in this book are true, it would still be incredible. Sure, it walks the line of a skewed and biased retelling of an event with major global ramifications, but it's still a very loving portrait of ... morefamily (which, as others have mentioned in their reviews, is a bit strange). There were so many instances where I had to stop and reread passages--the extravagance was like nothing I had ever heard before. Taken seriously or as a joke, it was a really enjoyable read. less

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