Snowblind (book)
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Author | Robert Sabbag |
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Language | English |
Genre | Semi-biographical novel |
Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill |
Publication date | 1976 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
ISBN | 0-8021-3589-7 |
OCLC | 39307412 |
364.1/77 21 | |
LC Class | HV5810 .S23 1998 |
Followed by | Smokescreen |
Snowblind: A Brief Career In The Cocaine Trade written by American author Robert Sabbag in 1976 is a non-fiction account about a man named Zachary Swan who turned his hand to smuggling cocaine from Colombia into the US. Set in the 1970s before organised crime took over the cocaine trade, it is based primarily in New York City and Bogotá and features a variety of colourful characters. Unlike other smugglers at the time Swan concocted a vast array of scams designed both to evade customs officials and protect his 'employees' from prosecution.[1][2][3]
Trivia[edit]
- Howard Marks wrote an introduction for the UK 1998 Canongate reprint.
- Damien Hirst designed a repackaged version limited to 1000 copies with sleeve, reinforced mirror hard backed cover, imitation credit card, (in the name of Zacharie Swan), and a rolled up $100 bill hidden in a cut away trench in the middle of the book. All three conspirators, Sabbag, Marks and Hirst hand signed all 1000.
References[edit]
- ^ Fleetwood, Jennifer (September 2017). "Introduction Drug Mules: International Advances in Research and Policy: Howard Journal of Crime & Justice". Howard Journal of Crime & Justice. 56 (3): 279–287. doi:10.1111/hojo.12226.
- ^ Wilson, Guy (1977-04-01). "Snowblind (Book Review): Library Journal". Library Journal. 102 (7): 796–796.
- ^ Mano, D. Keith (1977-10-14). "Sinus Song". National Review. Vol. 29, no. 40. pp. 1180–1183. ISSN 0028-0038.
Categories:
- 1976 American novels
- American autobiographical novels
- Smuggling
- Novels set in Colombia
- Novels set in New York City
- Non-fiction books about Colombian drug cartels
- Cocaine in the United States
- Colombia–United States relations
- Books about cocaine
- Bobbs-Merrill Company books
- Works about smuggling
- Biographical novel stubs
- 1970s historical novel stubs