Marching Powder
A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail
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Word Count
100,000 words, Guess
Page Count
400 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9449647M
- ISBN-139780312330347
- ISBN-100312330340
- OCLC Control Number54006620
- OCLC Control Numbermarchingpowdertr0000youn_e7d6
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004040677
- Goodreads43081
- LibraryThing192357
Classifications
- LCCHV9587.5 .Y68 2004
Description
"Inspired by the description of San Pedro prison in La Paz, Bolivia, in the Lonely Planet Guidebook - and in particular by the 'English-speaking' tours it advertised -- Rusty Young decided to visit the notorious jail. The tour was given by inmate Thomas McFadden, a British citizen arrested for drug smuggling. They struck up a friendship, and Young ended up spending for months in San Pedro, listening to McFadden and learning about one of the strangest places on earth. San Pedro is a city within a city: Inmates buy and cell their cells. Advertisements cover the walls. Wealthy drug lords live in opulence and continue to do business. The poor scrape by however they can. As Young discovered through McFadden, San Pedro functions through a truly unique form of capitalism, and features a fascinating cast of captive characters. Part Midnight Express and Part Alice in Wonderland, Marching Powder is a firsthand account of life in one of the world's most shocking destinations." -- book cover
First Sentence
Three days before I was arrested and ordered to leave the Republic of Bolivia, guards at San Pedro prison in La Paz caught me with several micro-cassettes hidden down my pants.
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