MARCH-Book of The Month

So everyone is exhausted from the winter garbage and are ready for some spring freshness and summer warmth. Too bad that isn't happening for a minute....soooooo lets bring some warmth and excitement to your home. I bought this book last year and haven't had the time to read it (i have a stack a books that have been waiting for me to finger their pages). I figure we automatically think of Mexico or Jamaica, sitting on the beach by the water while sipping Pina Coladas when wanting to get some heat, but what about good ol'Columbia???? and what it is ever so notorious for....




Written by Mark Bowen Killing Pablo was released in March 2002.
Killing Pablo, Mark Bowden's intoxicating account of the turbulent life of Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar and his inevitable demise, relates in riveting detail the cataclysmic effect one man can have on the world economy. Finally tracked down and killed in 1992 after a 15-month intense manhunt that had resulted in hundreds of casualties on both sides, Escobar was, ironically, that archetypal American hero, the outlaw, siding with "ordinary people" against the ruling oligarchy (although at his peak Forbes magazine listed him as the seventh-richest person in the world). His break came when the American drug of choice changed from dope to cocaine, a golden, or perhaps powdered, egg exploited by Escobar with resourceful manipulation of officials and politicians--he would offer the classic choice of his silver or his lead. Even when incarcerated at La Catedral prison on a smuggling charge, he turned it into a state within a state. The guards, the army and the police all fell within his pay and he led his operation with a quiet, well-mannered ruthlessness. Until, that is, the Americans took an interest.

enjoy!