- Published: 31 March 2020
- ISBN: 9781529103403
- Imprint: Ebury Press
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $35.00
Kilo
Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels
- Published: 31 March 2020
- ISBN: 9781529103403
- Imprint: Ebury Press
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $35.00
Kilo is surely the best account of the cocaine trade that will be ever be written, as well as the most incredible work of investigative journalist I've read
Ben Westhoff, author of Fentanyl, Inc
Toby Muse’s tautly written account of his intimate prowl through Colombia’s narco world is both compelling and unforgettable. With Kilo, cocaine now has its own Dispatches
Jon Lee Anderson
Like other daring foreign correspondents, Sebastian Junger and Chris Hedges among them, Muse has a talent for recognizing the intrinsic humanity in all his subjects, no matter how monstrously they may behave. An unrelentingly tragic yet indispensable exposé of the never-ending war on drugs...An unrelentingly tragic yet indispensable exposé of the never-ending war on drugs.
Kirkus
Toby Muse goes beyond stereotypical crutches and achieves an honest and nuanced portrait of Colombia’s cancerous cocaine industry. Muse gradually reveals not just the stakes and the human toll behind every line of cocaine, but also the reasons why freeing Colombia from this deadly industry has proven so difficult. Kilo will prove enlightening even to those who lived first-hand the horrors of the country’s civil war
Juanita Ceballos, Vice News
In fifteen years covering Colombia, this is the best book I've ever read about the cocaine trade
Matthew Bristow, former Colombia bureau chief, Bloomberg News
Kilo explores the trenches of the drug trade like few other books. With vivid writing and deep access to the underworld borne from his decades in the field, Muse has produced a must-read for those trying to understand why decades of bloodshed and billions of dollars haven’t won the war on drugs
Jim Wyss, Pulitzer Prize winner
In Muse’s new book, Kilo, he navigates the world of narco-production, trafficking, and consumption through each of those many layers, following one kilo of cocaine from the mountaintops of Colombia, across each state of its half-life. The result is a staggering work of reportage and social analysis.
Crimereads
Muse’s beautifully written debut takes a deep dive into the Colombian drug trade… This gripping account will linger in the mind of readers.
Publisher’s Weekly (Starred Review)
A new book by a veteran reporter provides a comprehensive picture of Colombia’s modern-day cocaine trafficking networks and their devastating impact on the society that surrounds them… Muse has a talent for finding compelling material and in unexpected places.
InSight Crime