Mr. Nice

This is the true story of Howard Marks. He 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....

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Main Author: Marks, Howard (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: London Secker & Warburg 1996
In:Year: 1996
Edition:Repr.
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 19 A 5885
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