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Killing Pablo

The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

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Killing Pablo

By: Mark Bowden
Narrated by: Mark Bowden
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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. Americas South America True Crime Government War Military Technology Nonfiction Thrillers

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)
Gripping Narrative • Well-researched Content • Cohesive Timeline • Fascinating Details • Engaging Storytelling
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I read the full book and was excited to see this here. I love the book. I love the narration. The reason I’m giving this a three star overall and story is because it’s the abridged version. I was disappointed when I realized there was a full section missing.

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it was a great story but it was short. I hoping to hear more detail about all of the major players involved.

Too short

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Mark Bowden does a great job researching and writing these true stories, but is a rather poor narrator.

Great story, poor narration

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Great book but shortened. Would rather it be the full book. Still recommend if you like Pablo's story or don't know anything ab it

Would rather full story

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highly recommend this book for all fans of the Escobar story. Give it a chance.

great read!

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The author does a good job of weaving together the many moving parts that were involved with trying to bring Pablo Escobar to "justice." I like when authors read their own books, and this author does it fairly well. It was also interesting to see some current in-the-news names popping up in the roles they held 15 years ago.

Good story. Well crafted.

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It is impossible to verify the facts surrounding the hunt and killing of Escobar, so I am not sure how accurate it is. But this is as good as a nonfiction can ever be written

Thriller

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Why couldn't I follow this? only at the end we are told, this recording is

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Good story. Well written book. Absolutely horrific narrator. If you are going to read a book about Hispanic characters pls find a narrator who has some idea of how to pronounce Spanish names and places.

Good story. Absolutely horrible narrator

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A great story. Pablo Escobar, a smart man wronged by the political hand of the government and the USA

excellent story

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