Tony Dokoupil
Autore di The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana
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The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden… di Tony Dokoupil
5/5
… (altro)
A few days later, I pointed to a chocolate bar in the rack next to the checkout at the supermarket. "I really want that," I said sagely, "and that must be how Daddy feels when he wants drugs." But of course this was not how Daddy felt.
To get an idea of what Daddy felt, I would have needed to smuggle that grocery-store chocolate into my first-grade classroom, stash it in my desk, sell it on the sly, and use the proceeds to consume a big bag of Doritos every day on the calendar. Eventually I would need to promise myself that I will stop such behavior, and then do it all again with two boxes of chocolate bars, two bags of Doritos.
An interesting biography, it was well written and compelling. The author dipped into meloncholy a little now and then, and I found the story jumped back and forth through time a little too much for my taste.
This is a good, but not great book. The part that stuck with me was the flip side of the con. The movies, TV and media would have you believe in the glam and glitz of the smuggler. However the people at the heart of the business are not the happy go lucky Robin Hood types who are righteous in their aims to sell a harmless plant and advance the consciousness of the world. The reality of the situation is much different. This book is mostly a memoir about a boy and his father and the boy's search for an understanding about why his father caused such destruction in his life. The book holds your attention and is well written.… (altro)
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- #299,230
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- 3.5
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- 5
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- 5