Seldom have I read an account of criminal enterprise that took me so deeply into the blackness of a man’s soul – a scary read, pounding and relentless and irresistible Bruce Porter, author of BLOWĪmerican Desperado is the first great crime book of the 21st Century. American Desperado is Roberts no-holds-barred account of being born into. Imagine if Mister Kurtz from Heart of Darkness sat down with Dick Cavett for a little chat about the nature of good and evil, empathy, fatherhood, violence, drugs, power, self-knowledge, women, family, the hero versus the anti-hero, freedom, imprisonment.Try as you might, you can't really put this book down Doug Stanton, author of HORSE SOLDIERS and IN HARM’S WAY The true story of super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the documentary Cocaine Cowboys. I am filled with nothing but admiration and envy for Evan Wright Rich Cohen, author of THE FISH THAT ATE THE WHALE Puts you in the middle of a world where it's wonderful to be a tourist, terrible to be a resident. A savage, unrelenting tale Kirkus ReviewsĪ tour de force. Frankly, we’d prefer this to the B-movie chum Wahlberg has been doing lately (“ Contraband,” “ Broken City,” “ 2 Guns“) so let’s hope the wheels are truly turning.An American criminal mastermind Ed Caesar, Sunday TimesĪ spellbinding narrative of drugs, death and debauchery as told by one of America's most notorious criminals. Wahlberg’s new bud and “ Lone Survivor” helmer Peter Berg is slated to direct, and should all the elements fall into place, this will start rolling in early 2014. American Desperado is Roberts’ no-holds-barred account of being born into Mafia royalty, witnessing his first murder at the age of seven, becoming a hunter-assassin in Vietnam, returning to.

Ultimately, Roberts became so powerful that he attracted the attention of the Republican Party’s leadership, was wooed by them, and even was co-opted by the CIA for which he carried out its secret agenda.Īnd this is one that everyone involved wants to get moving.

Nothing if not colorful, Roberts surrounded himself with beautiful women, drove his souped-up street car at a top speed of 180 miles per hour, shared his bed with a 200-pound cougar, and employed a 6”6” professional wrestler called “The Thing” as his bodyguard. Simpson to Carlo Gambino, Meyer Lansky, and Manuel Noriega.

The roster of Roberts’ friends and acquaintances reads like a Who’s Who of the latter half of the 20th century and includes everyone from Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, and O.J. Mark Wahlberg Criticized for Presenting SAG Award to ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ CastĪmerican Desperado is Roberts’ no-holds-barred account of being born into Mafia royalty, witnessing his first murder at the age of seven, becoming a hunter-assassin in Vietnam, returning to New York to become - at age 22 - one of the city’s leading nightclub impresarios, then journeying to Miami where in a few short years he would rise to become the Medellin Cartel’s most effective smuggler.

American Desperado by Jon Roberts