http://hornbylocomotives.com/books/cocaine-train-travels-in-colombia Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:07:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://hornbylocomotives.com/books/cocaine-train-travels-in-colombia/comment-page-1#comment-324 Anonymous Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:00:01 +0000 http://hornbylocomotives.com/?p=522#comment-324 Forget about the "selling" title: not one line of cocaine is snorted in this intelligent, witty, sensitive book. I must admit I didn't really care about the family pretext of this trip to Colombia, but at the end I was moved by the reunion. Fascinating how Smith sinks into Colombian daily life, always sympathetic, never judgmental or naive. By the way, a much more in-depth analysis of the roots of Latin America's problems (violence, poverty, sub-development) than the outdated and shallow lectures scattered throughout "The Gringo Trail" . Rating: 5 / 5 Forget about the “selling” title: not one line of cocaine is snorted in this intelligent, witty, sensitive book. I must admit I didn’t really care about the family pretext of this trip to Colombia, but at the end I was moved by the reunion. Fascinating how Smith sinks into Colombian daily life, always sympathetic, never judgmental or naive. By the way, a much more in-depth analysis of the roots of Latin America’s problems (violence, poverty, sub-development) than the outdated and shallow lectures scattered throughout “The Gringo Trail” .
Rating: 5 / 5

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