For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie?
Tom Feiling spent a year living and working in Colombia before making Resistencia- Hip-Hop in Colombia, which won numerous awards at film festivals around the world, and was broadcast in four countries. In 2003 he became Campaigns Director for the TUC's Justice for Colombia campaign, which organizes for human rights in Colombia. His first book was The Candy Machine- How Cocaine Took Over The World, which was based on over sixty interviews with people involved in all aspects of the cocaine business and the 'war on drugs,' and was published by Penguin in 2009.
Books of the Year 2012
*The Independent*
Creates a portrait of Colombia that is perceptive, unsensational,
and full of humanity ... Feiling is a brilliant reporter, lucid,
unflinching, morally engaged, and with an occasional deadpan sense
of humour .. one of the most consistently intelligent and
compelling books to have appeared on any South American country in
recent years
*Independent*
Tom Feiling takes us on an enlightening journey through a changing
country that few understand
*Observer*
A deeply political account of one man's journey to the violent
heart of modern, rural, Colombia ... a must read
*Colombia Politics*
Feiling... venture[s] into areas that have been off limits for
decades ... the sense of a vibrant nation worth discovering peeks
out
*Metro*
The best British travel writers like Norman Lewis or Bruce Chatwin
give the reader more than simple travellers' tales. Feiling is of
their company ... a brilliant, penetrating and highly readable
account
*Spectator*
Some of the best insights in the book come from the people Feiling
meets, and memorably portrays ... a well-written, thoughtful
book
*Times Literary Supplement*
Dramatic and captivating
*Wanderlust*
Elegantly written and knowledgeable. Feiling writes with the eye of
a seasoned journalist and the style of a travel writer
*Financial Times*
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