- Cocaine, Cocaine abuse, Cocaine industry, History
Author undertook two years of research - including time in Columbia and the crack houses of New York - to complete the book, which traces the history of cocaine from 2500BC to the present day, and its use and promotion.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Dominic Streatfeild
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 510
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne Books, Picador, Virgin
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781852279219
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