How the son of an East London policeman became one of South America's most notorious drug smugglers
He should have been a sporting hero, celebrated by his country. So how did The Kid end up at the centre of Argentina's most infamous drugs trial?
A champion skier, at fifteen he is sent to train full time in the Alps with the England Junior Development Squad. His eye is on the '92 Winter Olympics… but a tragic accident shatters his dreams.
Depressed and vulnerable, he hitches to Antibes, where the beach becomes home. There he is taken under the wings of the gangsters who frequent the South of France – and taught the trade that will make him a very rich man.
But a joint sting between Argentine, US, British and Spanish authorities ends his playboy lifestyle… and so the real nightmare begins.
Incarcerated in Buenos Aires’ notorious Devoto Prison, where inmates will happily slit your throat for your shoes, every day becomes a battle for survival.
In this brutally honest – and often funny – account, The Kid tells the real story of drug trafficking in South America. Mansions, millions, yachts, nightclubs, women – deceit, betrayal, kidnap, prison, torture…