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Marching Powder by Rusty Young (Paperback, 2004)
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MARCHING POWDER is the story of Thomas McFadden, a small-time English drug smuggler who was arrested in Bolivia and thrown inside the torious San Pedro prison. He found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that is wrong with South American society. Prisoners have to pay an entrance fee and buy their own cells (the alternative is to sleep outside and die of exposure), prisoners' wives and children often live inside too, high quality cocaine is manufactured and sold from the prison. Thomas ended up making a living by giving backpackers tours of the prison - he became a fixture on the backpacking circuit and was named in the Lonely Planet guide to Bolivia. When he was told that for a bribe of $5000 his sentence could be overturned, it was the many backpackers who'd passed through who sent him the money. Sometimes shocking, sometimes funny, MARCHING POWDER is an always riveting story of survival. 'All the staples of the prison memoir are here: sadistic guards, an attempted break-out, the terrors of solitary confinement, the joys of freedom ...The result is a truly gripping piece of testimony' Sunday Telegraph 'This exotic, cautionary yarn opens the abyss beneath our wealthy world' UncutProduct Identifiers
PublisherPan Books, Pan Macmillan
ISBN-100330419587
ISBN-139780330419581
eBay Product ID (ePID)107510602
Product Key Features
AuthorRusty Young
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiography: General
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Place of PublicationLondon
Content Note40 Black & White Halftones
Author BiographyRusty Young is an Australian lawyer who met Thomas McFadden on a tour of San Pedro. He was so impressed by him that he stayed there (voluntarily) for three months in order to write his story. Thomas McFadden is now a free man, living in London.
Out-Of-Print Date25/06/2016
Date of Publication02/07/2004
Interest Age18
Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom
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- 04 Sep, 2019
a shocking true story, good for travelers, lightweight and small.
very recomended book for travelers especially in Bolivia, For people who likes to read about true strories. You can find inside the book pictures from the time this plot happened.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 Jun, 2020
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