Customer Reviews
as good as the film - By: , 20 Feb 2004 
Blow was a great film, the book is as good. dont think that if you have seen the film, its not worth getting the book. the book gives a different view on the same story. i really enjoyed it
A real page turner. - By: Mr. B. J. Roberts, 29 Sep 2003 George Jung is widely acknowedged as the man who introduced cocaine for mass consumption to peoplein the United States, & this book tells us how he did it. Sort of a lessonin how to smuggle.
From his begginings as a high school football player, through his early days selling marijuanain Florida, right through to his career as the number one cocaine supplierin the US & ending up with him languishingin prison, every aspect of his life is covered herein all it's glory.
With a life as richin detail as Jung's, the book could easily have become bogged downin detail, but it's to the writers credit that he never lets the pace flag.
Highly reccommended.
Jung made $100 million - Escobar made $5 billion..profitable - By: Smithy, 15 May 2002 This story if Jungs life is certainly a gripping read & very very well illustrated by Bruce Porter - some of the factin here will literally blow your mind - e.g. 50k's of cocaine will est. be snorted by 36 thousand people & go from 2.5 million to be cut & resold to 11.5 million dollars..this books goesin depth that other books just don't have!!
This certainly spins the tale told by the movie, which is also a underrated tale & magnificently portrayed by Depp - the DVD is a MUST with interviews with Jung himself.
Reading this book off the back of "Killing Pablo" by M.Bowden - you definately see the bigger picture of how the coke trade was being run & the larger than life characters running it - Escobar, Ledher & Jungin this tale.
Overall ten out of ten for a well told & gripping read about the excessess of life when money is no problem - especially when you hide $30 millionin a house casually..lol
"Crossing an imagenery line with a plant" - By: sipg1@yahoo.com, Glenn O'Neill, 06 Oct 2001 That's how George described what he did, however unfortunately others didn't see it that way. A great book, a great story but you get the feeling that if it hadn't have been George it would have been someone else. I'm convinced that it was his personality & charm that allowed him to walk away with his life & not much else. He's due for releasein 2015 which doesn't seem that far away now which makes me think he's got enough time to see his daughter & steal a plane for one last buzz. A good cautionary tale, don't be put off the movie by the reviews, Depp is outstanding & though there are no surprises the story is well told. Made me want to grow my sideburns again!
What an amazing life story - By: , 07 Sep 2001 George Jung certainly lived his life to the extreme. This book is a fantastic rollercoaster journey through his whole life & times. It starts a bit slow, with all his school days stuff, but once it gets onto how he started his drugs business it really is fascinating. From his early small maruajana deals to his huge cocaine deals with Pablo Escobar & Carlos Lehder. Just when you think he's done enough, he's earned plenty of money, he should stop & get out of the business, he goes & does something even bigger ! Although George is ultimately a huge criminal, by reading the book, you can't help but grow to like him, he really is an amazing character. I understand the film got bad reviews, so for that reason I haven't seen it, but I'm going to make a point of seeing it now, just to see how true to life it is. If you enjoy this book, you should check out Casino, & Wiseguys by Nicholas Pileggi (not the book with Martin Scorcese though).
