Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost it All.

PORTER, Bruce. [Ted Demme].

$450.00

Item Number: 123485

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1993.

First St. Martin’s Griffin edition of Porter’s thrilling retelling of the story of George Jung, adapted into the 2001 film of the same name directed by Ted Demme and starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Edgar Best wishes Bruce Porter 3/30/01” and the film’s director Ted Demme, “best – Ted Demme 2001.” In near fine condition.

Blow is the unlikely story of George Jung's roller coaster ride from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel - the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s, "Extraordinarily interesting... Mr. Porter has done an excellent job telling the tale of a very unusual entrepreneur" (The New York Times Book Review). The book was adapted into the 2001 film Blow directed by Ted Demme and starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz.