by Mark Bowden · Atlantic Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781903809488
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«Killing Pablo» is Mark Bowden's true crime essay, published by Atlantic Books in paperback (384 pages, in English).
The book narrates the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the most powerful Colombian drug trafficker of his time, and the covert operation by US special forces to hunt him down. Bowden draws on classified intelligence documents, surveillance footage, wiretaps, and interviews with those involved.
Winner of the Cornelius Ryan Award in 2001. Its full title is Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the Richest, Most Powerful Criminal in History.
Suitable for readers of true crime and contemporary history, with an interest in Colombian drug trafficking and the figure of Pablo Escobar.
Mark Bowden is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic. Bowden is best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, which was later adapted into a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards.
