Killing Pablo
The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

Mark Bowden - Image from Grove Atlantic This is great stuff! Bowden’s 1999 best-seller, Blackhawk Down, was a masterpiece of the genre. Killing Pablo, published in 2001, keeps that momentum going. It tells the tale of the rise and fall of, arguably, the greatest gangster (outside of government) of......more

Mark Bowden is a masterful storyteller and Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw is no exception. I listened to it on audiobook and it is narrated by Mark Bowden. I love it when authors narrate their own work. I have read several Bowden books including Huế 1968: A Turning Point of......more

Mark Bowden brought to light a sordid path of destruction and unimaginable terror and death brought about by the hands of one ruthless individual - Pablo Escobar. A mass murderer well on his way to becoming one of the world's "Most Wanted". Shattered lives laid in his wake. His ruthlessness knew no......more

Too many characters and I only cared about one of them, and I already knew what was going to happen to him. I would encourage you to watch Narcos instead of reading this book.......more

It is, I think, a common misconception that Pablo Escobar was a creature which rose from the depths of big time illegal drug trade. For while it is true, as depicted in this book, that illegal drugs were what made him big, as in fact at the highest point of his criminal career he was one of the worl......more