Marching powder rusty young was backpacking in south america when he heard about thomas mcfadden, a convicted english drug trafficker who ran tours inside bolivias notorious san pedro prison. The book would have benefited from some judicious editing and some. Its also by an australian author, but breaks out of prison, hides in indian, gets up to shenanigans. This is cuttingedge travelwriting and a fascinating account of infiltration into the south. One of the many terrific books i read during my south american travels. Others run shops and restaurants, and women and children live with imprisoned family members. The book is written by an australian backpacker who visits mcfadden in prison before striking up a friendship and deciding to detail mcfaddens life and experiences within the notoriously corrupt. If you like marching powder you might like similar books. The story itself was different and like nothing else we had read before. Download marching powder ebook in epub, mobi and pdf. A guide to some of the lesserknown travel books and literature from around the world. Orange is the new blacks natasha lyonne on two books that. A true story of friendship, cocaine, and south americas strangest jail rusty young, author, thomas.
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