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Marching Powder
Marching Powder | Rusty Young
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MARCHING POWDER is the story of Thomas McFadden, a small-time English drug smuggler who was arrested in Bolivia and thrown inside the notorious San Pedro prison. He found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that is wrong with South American society. Prisoners have to pay an entrance fee and buy their own cells (the alternative is to sleep outside and die of exposure), prisoners' wives and children often live inside too, high quality cocaine is manufactured and sold from the prison. Thomas ended up making a living by giving backpackers tours of the prison - he became a fixture on the backpacking circuit and was named in the Lonely Planet guide to Bolivia. When he was told that for a bribe of $5000 his sentence could be overturned, it was the many backpackers who'd passed through who sent him the money. Sometimes shocking, sometimes funny, MARCHING POWDER is an always riveting story of survival. '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' Sunday Telegraph 'This exotic, cautionary yarn opens the abyss beneath our wealthy world' Uncut
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GinaKButler
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My little Daisy is recovering from her spay...she makes the best reading buddy! #bookspinbingo

CoverToCoverGirl She‘s beautiful! 3y
Megabooks Hugs to her. 💜 3y
GinaKButler @CoverToCoverGirl @Megabooks Thanks so much! I just love this sweet girl! 3y
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GinaKButler
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Marching Powder: A True Story Of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America‘s Strangest Jail.

With a title like that, how could I not buy it? I‘m using this one for the “South America” prompt in the Reading Around The World Challenge. I love a good travelogue and am dying for an actual adventure, so I‘m excited about this. I hope it lives up to the reviews!

#bookspinbingo

Halseyshere sounds intense!!! @GinaKButler 3y
GinaKButler @Halseyshere This book is banana-pants crazy! 3y
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RaimeyGallant
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I picked up this black & white cover in a hostel in Nicaragua. Here's the funniest of the notes on the inside cover: "Found this in a dorm and decided to steal it. P. from Sweden" #MayBookFlowers #blackandwhitecovers

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Dvmheather
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There is a jail in Bolivia where you have to buy your own cell, provide your own food, and start your own business. Your family or visitors can live with you. Full review at http://www.spiritblog.net/marching-powder/

McFarchie I really enjoyed this 🇧🇴 8y
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Dvmheather
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Nonfiction November - This book was recommended in another book I read.
You could come and stay at this jail in Bolivia. Whole families lived here when one person was convicted.

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