Loaded: A Misadventure on the Marijuana Trail by Robert Sabbag
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
Reviewed by L.D.Y.
Hardcover (available in trade), 341 pages, 2002
Rating: 9/10
Reason for Reading: I found a hardcover copy up for offer in the bargain section of an on-line site, and remembered how popular it had been when I worked at a bookstore, so I thought I’d see what the fuss was about. Better late than never, right?
Synopsis: Loaded (renamed Smokescreen in later editions) is the story of Allen Long, a marijuana smuggler that operated mainly between Columbia and the United States in the 1970s. He starts off making a documentary about smuggling, but quickly realizes that the things he wants the most - wild adventures, the best drugs, and money in such quantities that it’s weighed, not counted - are much easier to get if he becomes a smuggler. But what becomes of a man that’s always on the prowl for more of everything?
