Claim: The 1978 paperback of Snowblind, published by Avon Books, was a bestseller, and novelist Robert Stone called it "One of the best books about drugs ever written"; then in 1999, it was issued in a limited edition designed by British artist Damien Hirst.
Evidence: Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade, in which Forsman was given the pseudonym Zachary Swan, was published in hardcover three years later by the Bobbs-Merrill Company. The 1978 paperback, published by Avon Books, was a bestseller. Novelist Robert Stone called Snowblind "One of the best books about drugs ever written." In 1999 Snowblind was issued in a limited edition designed by British artist Damien Hirst.