Marching Powder: A Trust Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail by Thomas McFadden
Marching Powder is the tale of friendship, a place where horror is countered by humor and cruelty and compassion can inhabit the same cell. This is cutting-edge travel-writing and a fascinating account of infiltration into the South American drug culture.
It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.
I think they're great suggestions. I've added them to the reading list. I think the cocaine one will nicely break up the fantastical Night Circus and the Book Thief.
I noticed that the LitLovers list I posted today has Love in the Time of Cholera listed. I've never read this but it's considered a classic and there was a recent scandal in a school about them wanting to remove it from the curriculum for being too "racy". Thoughts?
Marching Powder: A Trust Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail
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Marching Powder is the tale of friendship, a place where horror is countered by humor and cruelty and compassion can inhabit the same cell. This is cutting-edge travel-writing and a fascinating account of infiltration into the South American drug culture.
The Book Thief
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It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.
I think they're great suggestions. I've added them to the reading list. I think the cocaine one will nicely break up the fantastical Night Circus and the Book Thief.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that the LitLovers list I posted today has Love in the Time of Cholera listed. I've never read this but it's considered a classic and there was a recent scandal in a school about them wanting to remove it from the curriculum for being too "racy". Thoughts?
Thanks for the links. Love in the Time of Cholera sounds interesting, I am keen to add it to the list.
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