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  • Killing Pablo

  • The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
  • By: Mark Bowden
  • Narrated by: Mark Bowden
  • Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,391 ratings)

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Killing Pablo

By: Mark Bowden
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Publisher's summary

On July 22, 1992, Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar walked out of the luxurious prison he built for himself and disappeared into the Colombian jungle. His audacious escape destroyed the nation's tenuous cease-fire with its infamous narcos, and pushed it into open war with the Medellin drug cartel.

Over the coming days and weeks, the United States launched a joint military and intelligence operation with the Colombian government, assembling a team of expert personnel and an arsenal of state-of-the-art weaponry and surveillance technology the likes of which the world had never seen. Their mission: to track down Pablo.

But this time, they knew it would not be enough to just capture Escobar. This time, they would have to finish the job. This time, they were going to kill him.

©2001 Mark Bowden, All Rights Reserved (P)2001 Simon & Schuster Inc.

Critic reviews

"A gripping investigation...fascinating." (Booklist)
"Bowden hits another home run..." (Publishers Weekly)
"A master of narrative journalism." (The New York Times Book Review)

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Good information about Pablo

I didn't know much about the doctor before I began listening to this book. You won't be on the edge of your seat the entire time however the book killing Pablo it's still very interesting to realize just how powerful one person was able to become fueled solely on the money made from an American vice.

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Great story, didn’t like the author reading it

I really enjoy Mark Bowden’s books. This is the third I’ve read (Blackhawk Down, Hue) and enjoy his research and open perspectives he keeps in these stories.

I actually could have heard more details about Pablo and Columbia during his cocaine reign. The reader is the author and I wish it wasn’t. I think this would be better with a professional reader.

1. Blackhawk Down
2. Hue
3. Killing Pablo

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Stranger than fiction

I lived in Colombia during the events of this book. It is amazing to learn what was on that I was unaware of. Very well researched and interestingly written.

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Fantastic

Excellent book that not only tells an exciting story, but also delves into Columbia's past and provides some insight into how a manical person such as Pablo Escabar can rise to such power and in some eyes prestige

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Worth a read

The story is inherently interesting- the rise and fall of one of the most successful, vicious criminals in world history. Bowden's a decent reader, though I would have liked to have gotten this story unabridged. Overall, a brisk, satisfying tale, though one you could get just as well through CNN or the History Channels adaptations.

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Great

A great book; definately a difficult mission.

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interesting and well reported

I enjoyed the narrator, and the story is interesting and well written. I had just finished watching a TV documentary about Pablo Escobar, and so all of this fit in well, and it was educational too.

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I'm obsessed with this topic. Great book.

if you've read Blackhawk Down you probably have a high standard for Bowden. This was everything you would expect.

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excellent book

a great book but rather didnt capture the full nature or ruthlessness of one of the most muderous people in history. it did capture the highlights well though.

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Long drive to work flew by

What an engaging book. I have a long drive to work, and I found myself sitting in the driveway once I got home, so I could finish more. Highly recommend.

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