{"product_id":"9781784705909-mr-nice","title":"Mr Nice","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e21st Anniversary Edition\u003cbr\u003eHe was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. He was released in April 1995 after serving seven years of his sentence. This book tells his story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tons of marijuana, and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6, the CIA, the IRA and the Mafia. Following a worldwide operation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, he was arrested and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison at the Terre Haute Penitentiary, Indiana. He was released in April 1995 after serving seven years of his sentence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with humour, charm and candour, \u003ci\u003eMr Nice \u003c\/i\u003eis his own extraordinary story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThe story of a remarkable life\u003c\/b\u003e, lived by the very brilliant and exceptionally wonderful Mr Nice'\u003cbr\u003eIrvine Welsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Frequently \u003cb\u003ehilarious\u003c\/b\u003e, occasionally sad, and often surreal'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A man who \u003cb\u003emakes Peter Pan look like a geriatric\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA folk legend\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945369940065,"sku":"9781784705909","price":11.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32225628.jpg?v=1737103449","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784705909-mr-nice","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}