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The Cocaine Diaries

By - Keany, Paul; Farrell, Jeff
Floor - Floor 1
Published - Mainstream, Edinburgh, 2013,
ISBN 10 - 1780576072
ISBN 13 - 9781780576077
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Venezuela
Shelf No - 19
Call Number - 365.6092 KEA
Physical Description - 349 pages; Illustration 20 cm
Book Information
‘It won’t happen to me. That’s what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it did – I got caught.’ Caught smuggling half a million euros’ worth of cocaine, Paul Keany was sexually assaulted by Venezuelan anti-drugs officers before being sentenced to eight years in the notorious Los Teques prison outside Caracas. There he was plunged into a nightmarish world of coke-fuelled killings, gun battles, stabbings, extortion and forced hunger strikes until finally, just over two years into his sentence, he gained early parole and embarked on a daring escape from South America . . . Aided by his extensive prison diaries, Keany reveals the true horror of life inside Los Teques: a shocking underworld behind bars where inmates pay protection money to stay alive, prostitutes do the rounds and vast amounts of cocaine are smuggled in for cell-block bosses to sell on to prisoners for huge profits. The Cocaine Diaries is a remarkable story, told by Keany with honesty, courage and even humour, despite knowing that every day behind bars might have been his last.

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