
Crime novelist of 'The Cartel' calls for end to war on drugs
Clip: 7/16/2015 | 6m 14s
Crime novelist of 'The Cartel' calls for end to war on drugs
The escape of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán felt to novelist Don Winslow like it came straight out of the pages of his new book, "The Cartel." Winslow has been writing about the drug wars for years, sharing observations of devastating brutality through his fiction. He joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the challenge of conveying violence to readers and the futility of our war on drugs.
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Crime novelist of 'The Cartel' calls for end to war on drugs
Clip: 7/16/2015 | 6m 14s
The escape of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán felt to novelist Don Winslow like it came straight out of the pages of his new book, "The Cartel." Winslow has been writing about the drug wars for years, sharing observations of devastating brutality through his fiction. He joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the challenge of conveying violence to readers and the futility of our war on drugs.
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