Hunting Marco Polo.
£25.00
Publisher
Bantam Press.
Place
London
Date
1991
Synopsis
The pursuit and capture of howard marks.
Item Description
8vo. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. xii + [ii] + 302 + [i] pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in unclipped dust wrapper. A very good copy. Neat inscription on first free endpaper. Illustrated by 16 pages of black and white photographs. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. Account by members of The Sunday Times Insight Team of the career of Welsh Balliol graduate and international cannabis smuggler, Howard Marks (1945-2016). Marks was eventually sentenced in the USA to twenty five years imprisonment and released in 1995 after seven years. The story is well told with respect to all the players in the drama, including Marks' nemesis, Craig Lovato, Case Agent in Madrid and Miami for the US Drug Enforcement Administration. By investigative journalists, Paul Eddy (1944-2009) and Sara Walden, who also wrote The Cocaine Wars (1988).
[Stock No. 28966]
