Chasing Black Gold, Robert Stone
Chasing Black Gold, Robert Stone
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Chasing Black Gold
The Incredible True Story of a Fuel Smuggler in Africa

Author: Robert Stone

Narrator: Robert Stone

Unabridged: 9 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2020

Synopsis

For two decades, Robert Stone made his living on the high seas, as a diver, fisherman, treasure-hunter - and smuggler. He spent the last ten of his smuggling years operating in the Niger delta under the most corrupt regime in the world, buying diesel directly from refineries and selling his illicit black cargo to legitimate and illegitimate businesses worldwide. Protected by the military, his smuggling empire made him millions of dollars - until a friend's betrayal and US law enforcement brought it all crashing down. Chasing Black Gold is an incredible true story of cash and corruption that puts Hollywood to shame.

About Robert Stone

Robert Stone has received most of the accolades and awards possible for a contemporary novelist, and he has been called the best writer of the post-Vietnam era. His many novels, which have enjoyed commercial success as well as critical acclaim, include the National Book Award winner Dog Soldiers, Damascus Gate, Bay of Souls, and A Hall of Mirrors. He is also the author of the short story collection Bear and His Daughter, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Janja on December 01, 2018

Wow..what a life to live...so many ups and downs and still kicking.I loved it!......more

Goodreads review by Irma on October 04, 2018

What a story! What a life! I feel honored to be able to be a part of it, even if only as a reader.......more

Goodreads review by Yvonne on August 19, 2018

I will post a review as part of the blog tour......more

Goodreads review by Julie on July 27, 2018

If this book was fiction, you’d dismiss the plot as being entertaining but too far-fetched to be believable. This story is stuffed with exotic locations, memorable characters, outstanding twists and turns of fate and luck, good and bad, and, at the centre, a man who takes unbelievable risks in pursu......more

Goodreads review by Graham on June 30, 2019

Chasing Black Gold ROBERT STONE was a serial entrepreneur – an enterprising individual, mostly on the wrong side of the law, who spent twenty-five years operating all over the world, before being arrested in Switzerland as a result of an international manhunt led by an Organised Crime Drug Enforcemen......more

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