TITLE:
Pablo Escobar, my father / Juan Pablo Escobar ; translated by Andrea Rosenberg.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press,
Physical Description:
353 p. [16] p. of plates : ill.
Additional Contributors:
Summary:
More than two decades after the manhunt finally caught up with the king of cocaine, Pablo Escobar' son tells the story of his father - a man capable of committing the most extreme acts of cruelty while simultaneously loving his family. A shocking look at the consequences of violence and the overwhelming need for peace and forgiveness. Pablo Emilio Escobar (1949 -1993) was a Colombian drug lord and trafficker, the leader of the MedellÔin cartel which for a time supplied an estimated 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. For a while, he was also one of the 10 richest men in the world. His son, Juan Pablo Escobar (his name is now Juan SebastiÔan MarroquÔin) an architect, lecturer, drug policy reform advocate, and writer. He was the subject of the documentary Sins of My Father and lives in Argentina.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781250104625
General Note:
"Thomas Dunne Books"
Author's birth name was Juan Pablo Escobar. His name is now Juan Sebastián Marroquín.
