The incredible story of an unconventional life

During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world.

At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tons of marijuanna, and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6, the CIA, the IRA and the Mafia. Following a worldwide operation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, he was busted and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison at the Terre Haute Penitentiary, Indiana. He was released in April 1995 after serving seven years of his sentence. Told with humour, charm and candour, Mr Nice is his own extraordinary story.

He was Britain's most wanted man, and spent seven years in America's toughest prison. You'll like him.

About the Author
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 one million copies worldwide and was adapted into a major film. He also garnered critical and popular acclaim for The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories, Senor Nice and a series of crime novels.

Reviews
Frequently hilarious, occasionally sad, and often surreal * GQ *
A man who makes Peter Pan look like a geriatric with sleeping sickness * Loaded *
A folk legend... Howard Marks has huge charisma. He sounds like Richard Burton and looks like a Rolling Stone * Daily Mail *
A racy yarn with plenty of globe trotting colour -- Christopher Hirst * The Independent *
Marks weaves a fascinating story spiced with brilliant detail, far stronger than fiction * FHM Magazine *



Book Information
ISBN 9780749395698
Author Howard Marks
Format Paperback
Page Count 560
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 401g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 35mm