American Desperado: My Life--From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset

Author: Roberts, JonBrand: Broadway BooksColor: MulticolorEdition: 9/16/12Features: Used Book in Good ConditionBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 576Release Date: 16-10-2012Part Number: IllustratedDetails: The true story of super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the documentary Cocaine Cowboys. American Desperado is Roberts’ no-holds-barred account of being born into Mafia royalty, witnessing his first murder at the age of seven, becoming a hunter-assassin in Vietnam, returning to New York to become--at age 22--one of the city’s leading nightclub impresarios, then journeying to Miami where in a few short years he would rise to become the Medellin Cartel’s most effective smuggler. But that’s just half the tale. The roster of Roberts’ friends and acquaintances reads like a Who’s Who of the latter half of the 20th century and includes everyone from Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, and O.J. Simpson to Carlo Gambino, Meyer Lansky, and Manuel Noriega. Nothing if not colorful, Roberts surrounded