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Marching Powder

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19 August 2011
320 pages
9780330470346
Imprint: Pan

Reviews

All the staples of the prison memoir are here: sadistic guards, an attempted break-out, the terrors of solitary confinement, the joys of freedom . . . The result is a truly gripping piece of testimony.
Astonishing real-life story of a Brit drug smuggler banged up in Bolivia's most notorious jail.
This exotic, cautionary yarn opens the abyss beneath our wealthy world.
The book is filled with characters ranging from outrageous to inspiring, and Young layers on the texture – sights, sounds, smells – until we feel as though we have visited the place. Travel literature of a very special and captivating kind.