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This bestselling account of Howard Marks’ life as an international drug smuggler is now being turned into a major film starring Rhys Ifans, Chloe Sevigny and David Thewlis. Numerous books and TV documentaries have been devoted to Marks’ life. Mr Nice is his personal story.
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Howard Marks (1945 – 2016) wrote the international bestseller Mr Nice, which describes his years as one of the world's most wanted drug barons. It has sold over a million copies worldwide and was released as a film, starring Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny and David Thewlis, in 2010. His debut crime novel about DS Catrin Price, Sympathy for the Devil, was published to great acclaim in 2011, and followed by The Scorein 2013.
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"Frequently hilarious, occasionally sad, and often surreal" * GQ * "A folk legend... Howard Marks has huge charisma. He sounds like Richard Burton and looks like a Rolling Stone" * Daily Mail * "A man who makes Peter Pan look like a geriatric with sleeping sickness" * Loaded * "Racy...with plenty of globe trotting colour" * Independent *
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 178470590X
- ISBN 13 9781784705909
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages560
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