Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
What is the author's style in Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden?
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"Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw" by Mark Bowden is a work of non-fiction. The book is comprised of 273 pages, broken down into 6 chapters plus a prologue. The shortest chapter is 4 pages in length; the longest chapter is 58 pages in length. The average length of the chapters is 37 pages.
As a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bowden is able to focus on both the finest details as well as the big picture to give the reader a full view of Escobar's life and exploits along with the larger picture of the basic history and political climate of Colombia.
In order to write a complete and telling history of Pablo Escobar, Bowden obtained top secret documents never seen by journalists before as well transcripts of Escobar's phone conversations which were recorded by the government taskforce. Bowden also had extraordinary and unprecedented conversations and interviews with various field agents, soldiers and military officials to gain insight on the hunt for Pablo Escobar.
Any partisan sections of the book can be attributed to documents and quotes from people involved in the massive manhunt, including comments from DEA Chief Joe Toft and fellow agent Steve Murphy.
Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw, BookRags