Snowblind (novel)

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name = Snowblind
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author = Robert Sabbag
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Semi-aiographical novel
publisher = Bobbs-Merrill
release_date = 1976
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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isbn = ISBN 0802135897
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followed_by = Smokescreen

"Snowblind: A brief career in the cocaine trade" is a semi-autobiographical novel written by American author Robert Sabbag in 1976.

Partly biographical, the story centres around a small-time cannabis dealer called Zachary Swan who turns his hand to smuggling cocaine from Colombia into the US. Set in the 1970s before organised crime took over the cocaine trade, it is based primarily in New York and Bogotá and features a variety of colourful characters. Unlike other smugglers at the time Swan concocted a vast array of scams designed both to evade customs officials and protect his 'employees' from prosecution, all of which are highly imaginative and entertaining.

Trivia

* Howard Marks wrote an introduction for the UK 1998 Cannongate reprint.

Damien Hirst designed a repackaged version limited to 1000 copies with sleeve, reinforced mirror hard backed cover, imitation credit card, (in the name of Zacharie Swan), and a rolled up $100 bill hidden in a cut away trench in the middle of the book. All three conspirators, Sabbag, Marks and Hirst hand signed all 1000.