Doctor Dealer
by Mark Bowden
From the # 1 New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: The "shocking" story of the country's unlikeliest drug kingpin ( The Baltimore Sun). By the early 1980s, Larry Lavin had everything going for him. He was a bright, charismatic young man who rose from working-class roots to become a dentist with an Ivy League education and a thriving practice, and a beloved father with a well-respected family in one of Philadelphia's most exclusive suburbs. But behind the façade of his success was a dark secret: Lavin was also the mastermind behind a cocaine empire that spread from Miami to Boston to New Mexico, catering to lawyers, stockbrokers, and other professionals, and generating an annual income of $60 million for the good doctor. Now, Mark Bowden, a "master of narrative journalism" ( The New York Times Book Review) tells the harrowing saga of Lavin's rise and fall in "a shocking American tragedy . . . [that] shoots straight from the hip" ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). "An engrossing crime story and a compelling morality tale." — The Arizona Republic "Has all the elements of a chilling suspense thriller . . . A smoothly crafted, exciting, can't-put-it-down book." — The New Voice (Louisville)
Social SciencesCriminal JusticeTrue CrimeEnglish & College SuccessEnglishBiography & Autobiography
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHEROpen Road Integrated Media, Inc.
LENGTH352
LANGUAGEENGLISH
Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an American writer and author. He has been The Distinguished Writer in Residence at The University of Delaware since 2013. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and also a National Correspondent for The Atlantic. From 1979 to 2003, Bowden was a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Over the years, he has written for The New Yorker, Men's Journal, The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and Rolling Stone. He has won several awards for his writing. As a result of his book *Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War*, Bowden has received international recognition. The book was made into a 2001 movie directed by Ridley Scott. - Wikipedia
Doctor Dealer
by Mark Bowden
From the # 1 New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: The "shocking" story of the country's unlikeliest drug kingpin ( The Baltimore Sun). By the early 1980s, Larry Lavin had everything going for him. He was a bright, charismatic young man who rose from working-class roots to become a dentist with an Ivy League education and a thriving practice, and a beloved father with a well-respected family in one of Philadelphia's most exclusive suburbs. But behind the façade of his success was a dark secret: Lavin was also the mastermind behind a cocaine empire that spread from Miami to Boston to New Mexico, catering to lawyers, stockbrokers, and other professionals, and generating an annual income of $60 million for the good doctor. Now, Mark Bowden, a "master of narrative journalism" ( The New York Times Book Review) tells the harrowing saga of Lavin's rise and fall in "a shocking American tragedy . . . [that] shoots straight from the hip" ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). "An engrossing crime story and a compelling morality tale." — The Arizona Republic "Has all the elements of a chilling suspense thriller . . . A smoothly crafted, exciting, can't-put-it-down book." — The New Voice (Louisville)
Social SciencesCriminal JusticeTrue CrimeEnglish & College SuccessEnglishBiography & Autobiography
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHEROpen Road Integrated Media, Inc.
LENGTH352
LANGUAGEENGLISH
Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an American writer and author. He has been The Distinguished Writer in Residence at The University of Delaware since 2013. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and also a National Correspondent for The Atlantic. From 1979 to 2003, Bowden was a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Over the years, he has written for The New Yorker, Men's Journal, The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and Rolling Stone. He has won several awards for his writing. As a result of his book *Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War*, Bowden has received international recognition. The book was made into a 2001 movie directed by Ridley Scott. - Wikipedia
