Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom: Tales of Drugs, Mules, and Gunmen
Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom opens a window on a rarely glimpsed world: the couriers who transport drugs from Colombia into the United States and Europe. Written by one of Colombia's leading writers, the book lets English-speaking readers get a good look -- for the first time -- at the people behind the drug trade. Colombians from many different backgrounds and parts of the country tell the story of how they got involved in smuggling and how some of them managed to get out alive....
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Alfred Molano reveals the lives of the couriers who transport drugs from Colombia into the United States and Europe. Colombians from many different backgrounds tell the story of how they became involved in smuggling, forced to find a way out of poverty in the middle of an unending civil war.
AcknowledgmentsTranslator's AcknowledgmentsFrom the Maelstrom, With Their Country on Their Backs1The Mule Driver7Scuzzball24Hanged Man35Eight Years, Three Months, One Day45Sharon's Diary69The Nun98Puppet120Notes155
\ Village Voice Literary Supplement - Paul LaFarge\ Molano's narratives are powerful arguments for a policy that addresses the poverty -- and aspirations -- of Colombia's citizens.\ \ \ \ \ \ Minneapolis City PaperThe major pleasure of this book lies in the sheer zest of its telling. Molano has an ear for magic-realist openings and pungent country wisdom.\ \ \ \ Village Voice Literary SupplementMolano's narratives are powerful arguments for a policy that addresses the poverty — and aspirations — of Colombia's citizens.\ — Paul LaFarge\ \ \
