Shooting the Moon
Subtitle: The True Story of an American Manhunt Unlike Any Other, Ever
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: June 5, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780316154802
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; Politics / Current Events; Biography/Autobiography; Politics/International Relations; Government - U.S. Government; Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence; Current Events / International; Foreign relations; Noriega, Manuel Antonio; Political Science : Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence; Prosecution; United State; Political; Arrest; Biography; Case studies; Drug traffic; Investigation; Narcotics dealers; Panama; United States
First sentence: One of a kind, this story begins at its end, in the here and now of Miami, where the afternoon rain sizzles off the pavement and cruise ships dock for weekends on Biscayne Bay, flags limp, smothered n warmth on all but the very worst of days, the air heavy with the breath of swamps long since paved over; Miami, jumping-off place for America's hemispheric underbelly, where all directions point south, the evenings end with breakfast, and the fast lane runs bumper-to-bumper from the beach to the jungle and back; Miami, no holds barred, where if it weren't for "under the table," there would be no table at all; Miami, nose open and packing heat, where twenty-dollar bills are moved around town by the suitcaseful and almost anything goes as far as it is able and not much farther.