Americas : Killing Pablo The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
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Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Release Date: 2002-04-02
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- ISBN13: 9780142000953
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Good story
I generally like Bowden's work, and this was a well-written and thoroughly researched book that really gives the reader a good idea of how violent the drug trade was under Pablo Escobar. For a person who didn't know much about Pablo aside from his name, this was a good read; informative and entertaining at the same time.
Very interesting read
Gives you a pretty good idea of what went into finding and killing Pablo Escobar and why he needed to be put down.
 The other side of the story
Ok so herre we go...so i havnt read this book but i did see that "Matthew F Borwn said that this book bashes Mr. Pablo. Well" this is crude.I believe that if your going to tell a part of the story dont be that much of a retard to tell the other part of the story...IF your gonna meantion the bad parts of his life, mention the good things he did. Pablo was not all a bad guy so what he sold drugs and murdered people he also did it in a perfective manor he was smart enough to cover his own ass until the end his i mean he used his brother as his own acountant come on thats genius use your own family so you know you can trust em and his brother owned ran and had in his own possesion a bicycle shop COVER UP but all in all pablo was a good man who covered his ass in the bad things he did i mean hitler was a bad dude did alot of bad things but he was a hell of a leader so again if your gonna tell a story about someones life hit both sides not just one angle.
READ THE ACCOUNTANTS STORY
Ok, I havent read this book YET but I surmise from the reviews and whatnot it bashes Pablo. Please read The Accountants Story, it tells the whole story straight from Roberto Escobar, Pablo's brother and accountant, who was with Pablo through it all. Pablo killed to protect himself and his family. He knew what he was doing was wrong so he had a plan to get out. Become the president of Columbia. Had he been granted that opportunity, we would know him, not for the alleged murders, but for his constant good deeds to the poor of his country, which he was known for even though his money was dirty. Pablo cared so much for his fellow Columbians and its a shame to hear him bashed and not credited for what he was doing good and his good intentions.
Fascinating subject, so-so story-telling
great book, incredible subject.
My only hang-up is the author's story-telling style. Bowden does a much better job of telling a story in a logical, easier-to-follow timeline in Blackhawk Down, but in this book he jumps all over the place, and doesn't do the best of jobs in keeping the reader aware of the timeline of events. Bowden's fact-finding in regards to covert operations is incredible, he certainly has access to information that no other author has, and for that alone this book is well worth a 5 star rating. But the telling of the story itself in this book is much less than it could be. A good example of an excellently-told story with similar subject matter is the book Inside Delta Force by Eric Haney; Bowden's story-telling skills pale in comparison to Haney's. And for that reason alone I have to give the book 3.5 stars.
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