Mr Smiley

The King of the Pill Trade Returns: Howard Marks' Unforgettable Journey into Ibiza's Criminal Underworld

Howard Marks, the most infamous drug smuggler of his time and a hero to a generation, made a promise to himself upon his release from one of America's toughest prisons: to go straight, leaving behind the world of drugs and smuggling. Retiring to a quiet life with his family in the Balearic Islands of Spain seemed like the perfect plan, but the lure of Ibiza's booming ecstasy trade in the mid-nineties proved too strong to resist.

In Mr Smiley, Marks takes readers on a wild ride through the heart of Ibiza's clubbing scene and British crime world. From trying pure ecstasy to rubbing shoulders with notorious gangsters laundering millions from the legendary Brink's-Mat bullion raid, Marks finds himself drawn back into the thrilling and dangerous world he thought he'd left behind.

Amidst the whirlwind of the island's most outrageous summer, Marks prepares for his greatest operation yet. Hilarious, moving, and utterly scabrous, Mr Smiley is an unforgettable last word from one of Britain's most beloved bad boys, offering a unique glimpse into the rave culture, drug trafficking, and criminal underbelly of Ibiza in the nineties.