... had made enough money from smuggling drugs into the United States that he purchased the Hacienda Napoles for $63 million and owned his own helicopter, a private zoo, and thousands of acres of land throughout Colombia. Pablo and his close associates thought of themselves as the new Al Capone because what he did eventually became legal after prohibition. Pablo and his friends ... . Killing Pablo was well written because of its simple yet interesting vocabulary. "The attention is justified: Bowden combines page-turner prose with exhaustive investigative reporting, to tell a story about amaz...

• Word Count: 1440
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School