American Desperado: My Life--From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset

American Desperado: My Life--From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset

In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his New York Times bestselling book Generation Kill and co-writer of the Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned , began a series of conversations with…

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