Contents
Introduction
PART ONE DAYS OF INNOCENCE AND REVERIE
The Kingdom of White Gold
Presidential Aspirations
Ask Me for Anything!
Death to Kidnappers!
PART TWO DAYS OF SPLENDOR AND FEAR
The Caress of a Revolver
Two Future Presidents and Twenty Love Poems
The Lover of El Libertador
In the Devil’s Arms
A Lord and a Drug Lord
The Seventh-Richest Man in the World
Cocaine Blues
Not That Pig Who’s Richer Than Me!
Under the Sky of Nápoles
That Palace in Flames
Tarzan Versus Pancho Villa
How Quickly You Forgot Paris!
A Diamond and a Farewell
PART THREE DAYS OF ABSENCE AND SILENCE
The Cuban Connection
The King of Terror
There’s a Party in Hell Today
