Pablo Escobar's Story, Part 2: Narcos at War

By: Shaun Attwood

Narrated by: Randal Schaffer

Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Pablo Escobar was a mama’s boy who cherished his family and sang in the shower, yet he bombed a passenger plane and formed a death squad that used genital electrocution.

Most Escobar biographies only provide a few pieces of the puzzle, but this action-packed audiobook reveals everything about the king of cocaine.

Mostly translated from Spanish, Part 2 contains stories untold in the English-speaking world, including:

• How Pablo’s craving for a teen volleyball player caused his brother-in-law’s death.
• How half of the Medellín Cartel’s big bosses fell.
• The fate of the survivors of the Palace of Justice attack.
• The state’s role in the death of the popular presidential candidate Galán.

©2019 Shaun Attwood (P)2019 Shaun Attwood

Critic reviews

“Finally, the definitive book about Escobar, original and up-to-date” (UNILAD, Joseph Loftus)

Continuing the BEST Pablo Escobar series out there

This book is Part 2 in a 3 part series on Pablo Escobar. Make sure to get them all and listen in order.

This is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive Pablo Escobar reporting to ever exist. It's part of a 3 volume series, and it goes WELL beyond the standard narco tales to paint an exhaustive picture of both a complex person and time. It does this by not simply relying on Western "authorities" on the matter, but rather by looking at reports from the people that were there, that knew Escobar, and from other sources available as well.

I say that having previously read dozens of books on the subject, this author's prior book included. The major flaw in most of those is that they aren't thorough enough, that they have agenda, or that they want to be pro or anti the person. This series tries more to paint a picture of who Escobar was, what he did and it's impact both pro and con, as well as the brutal responses from both Cali and the Columbian/ US governments. There's a lot of items that haven't appeared elsewhere too, detailing kidnappings, bombings, and more.

Theres one complaint you'll see in the reviews, noting that the book includes advertisement for other books. Essentially, you have around 38min in each book dedicated to that, it's at the end of the book, and it's easily skipped. I wouldn't even note this but I almost didn't buy a book because it was all I saw, and I don't really see the issue.

goog, but.....

I enjoyed the book but was annoyed that last 40 mins are just a preview of another book. really?

Mike

I saw another review that says same as I will now: I did not appreciate in all three of these books that the last 40 minutes and more were not the book. Is it necessary to list off other works by the author? If you ask me, all three books should come with one credit. I want two credits back.