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Mr. Nice (Paperback)

by Howard Marks (Author)
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  • Paperback: 466 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (2 Jun 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749395699
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749395698
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,952 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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What an extraordinary fellow Howard Marks is. His autobiography takes him from his South Wales childhood and Oxford University education through his life dealing marijuana and the enormous mythology that accrued around what the tabloids called "the English Toff Drugs King of the World". This book is called Mr Nice after one of the many aliases Marks's life as a merchant of pot obliged him to assume, but it describes him perfectly too: the epitome of British niceness, the nicest international criminal you could hope to meet. It's not hard to see why this has become a cult book--Marks is a brilliant version of a mate down the pub, telling you the gobsmacking stories of his many adventured life. The writing is direct and the narrative will detain you as comprehensively as Marks himself was detained for seven years at Terre Haut Penitentiary, Indiana. He was released the same day as Mike Tyson. "I had," he observes mildly, "been continuously in prison for the last six-and-a-half years for transporting beneficial herbs from one place to another, while he had done three years for rape." Truly there is no justice; but there are eye-popping adventures, hilarious touches and a thorough-going wisdom in this excellent book. --Adam Roberts


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During the mid-1980s, Marks had 43 aliases and 25 companies, all laundering money from dealing cannabis. After a world-wide operation, he was arrested and sentenced to 25 years at a State Penitentiary in Indiana, but was released in 1995 after serving seven years. This is his own story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Sorry not another "best book ever" review, 4 Feb 2003
By Mr. G. Hill (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews
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There's no doubting Howard Marks has done and achieved some amazing things in his life. However, after the account of his Oxford background has passed, I found the book - due to its nature - often drifted into tale after tale of fake passports and opening bank accounts. Some of the amazing characters Howard meets on his travels and some of the events and scenes he witnessed are rushed over to keep the smuggling theme as the emphasis of his tale. This of course is completely understandable, but at times it reduces the fluency of the book in my opinion.
Despite the claim on the front of the cover, I did not always like Howard Marks. His constant justification that weed is "harmless and beneficial" may be true but it belies the fact that smuggling leads to misery and violent terror for many further down the line, as did many of the groups that Marks dealt and associated with. Likewise, I don't see that money laundering, deceit, and purposely cheating the courts of justice make a likeable guy. Marks may be intelligent and charismatic, but Mr. Nice? I don't think so.
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9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Boring Boring Boring, 10 Aug 2007
I have read many books on crime and i wasn't feeling this book. Its not very gripping and very cliche in places that makes me question how much of it is true. I dont find Mr marks appealing through his writings and in the end ya couldn't care less what he gets up to, Its bit like when you talk to a really boring person that has a interesting subject but the way they express it leaves you wanting to slap them. It has no flow at all.

If your teenage boy i guess this book might have some magic but if you know about drug culture or have read or watched dvds on same kinda subject then this book will do nothing for you.



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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Mr Nice vs High Times, 1 Nov 2001
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Yes ok, so we are all by now very familiar with Mr Nice. Mr Mark's particular angle is of course extremely charming and entertaining. I would advise however to read his biography "High Times" which tells his stories in a different light. This will allow you to draw your own conclusions to how much fact vs fiction there may bwe in the portrayal of his life and crimes.
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I have read this book three times, and I love it. I can't put it down. The subtle humour in it is superb, the story is told very well by his ghost writer (a few minor copy edit... Read more
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I've read this book twice, which already suggests that I found it interesting. The first time I read Mr Nice I thought it was absolutely brilliant and I recommended it to all of... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the best storyteller of our generation not to mention a downright genius
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It's witty, humerous, at times crass, but unequivacobly brutually honest. Read more
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