Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade
Author: Robert Sabbag
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ISBN: 0802135897
Publisher: Grove Press (October, 1998)
Sales Rank: 83,401
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
A must read. A brilliant look into the drug trade.
Snowblind begins with the Zackary Swan, the protaganist, telling his lawyer that even though cops found an ounce of coke, "they didn't find my stash." From this point on the book is a non-stop roller coaster ride into the life of Zack, the "every-man"cocaine smuggler/dealer. Sabbag's prose washes over the reader like a wave of intensity. Zackary's explosive story is the perfect mate to ride that wave into the reader's mind and psyche, making Snowblind linger in the one's memory long after he or she puts the book down. What I truly loved is the fact that Zack is not your stereotypical drug dealer- he is a smart, interesting character with a memory for details that will astound the reader. Sabbag successfully puts to rest the prejudice that all drug dealers are moronic scums. This should be a must read for both DEA agents and drug kingpins. Snowblind reads as a how-to book on drug smuggling. Zack's smuggling methods are as brilliant as they are simple. Sabbag's reverent wit in the telling of these methods makes this one of the best and most insightful books ever written on the narcotics trade. Snowblind is a brilliant book that I recommend for everyone.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Good read about early 70's drug smuggling
This book is about a New Yorker who engages in running drugs (Cocaine) and his adventures and dealings setting up operations in Colbumbia, Mexico and the States. It takes place in the early seventies when the smuggling "sophistication" was in its early stages of develpoment. The book follows Swan's rise and fall in an exciting and compelling way with some very interesting and colorful characters along the way. I can truly reccomend this book to people interested in 70's crime and drug related storys.
Rating: 5 out of 5
amazing
I heard that Robert Sabbag was a good writer so I decided to pick up Snowblind up and read it and I couldn't put it down. I thought that it gave a really close look into the drug trade and it was very detailed so you really got a feel for the life that was lead. I have started reading his books now and I can't stop. I have told many of my friends to read the book.
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