From the man who knew Pablo Escobar best comes this tell-all book on the life, and death, of the world's most notorious drug king. Roberto Escobar, Pablo's brother, has written such a compelling account that director Oliver Stove is using it as a basis for the upcoming film on Escobar, scheduled for theaters in early 2009.

"Tan pronto conoce a Ricardo Laverde, el joven Antonio Yammara comprende que en el pasado de su nuevo amigo hay un secreto, o quizá varios. Su atracción por la misteriosa vida de Laverde, nacida al hilo de sus encuentros en un billar, se transforma en verdadera obsesión el día en que éste es asesinado. Convencido de que resolver el enigma de Laverde le señalará un camino en su encrucijada vital, Yammara emprende una investigación que se remonta...

Tells the story of Colombian Medellin drug cartel boss Pablo Escobar through the eyes of his son, who now goes by another name.

"THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER! When Pablo Escobar died in 1993, his seventeen-year-old son initially vowed revenge. But Juan Pablo quickly recognized that reaction entailed following in his father's footsteps--something neither he nor his father ever wanted. Their lives in immense danger, Juan Pablo, his mother, and his sister assumed new identities and fled to Argentina, where he would spend the next two decades grappling with his father's legacy....

Explores the origins and personal life of the notorious Colombian druglord and describes how Colombian society and the cocaine trade turned a man who loved his family into a criminal who profited from death.

The Colombian television journalist describes her relationship with cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, how she became his witness of choice for subduing people, and how she was silenced for twenty years before fleeing for America in 2006.