Marching Powder
19 August 2011Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
San Pedro is Bolivia's most notorious prison. Small-time drug smuggler Thomas McFadden found himself on the inside. Marching Powder is the story of how he navigated this dark world of gangs, drugs and corruption to come out on top.
Thomas found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that is wrong with South American society. Prisoners have to pay...
Details
19 August 2011320 pages
9780330470346Imprint: 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.Sunday Telegraph
Astonishing real-life story of a Brit drug smuggler banged up in Bolivia's most notorious jail.FHM
This exotic, cautionary yarn opens the abyss beneath our wealthy world.Uncut
