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Killing Maradona - How Cocaine, The Camorra And Crime Corrupted Football's Greatest Talent (Hardcover) Loot Price: R585
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Killing Maradona - How Cocaine, The Camorra And Crime Corrupted Football's Greatest Talent (Hardcover): David Arrowsmith

Killing Maradona - How Cocaine, The Camorra And Crime Corrupted Football's Greatest Talent (Hardcover)

David Arrowsmith

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Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend.

Maradona was football's ultimate genius - a magician on the pitch whose talent rivalled only Pelé. But off the field, the boy from the barrios of Buenos Aires became entangled in a dark web of criminal influence and personal demons. From the Cali Cartel's attempts to lure him into the drug trade, to the Camorra's grip on his life in Naples; from clashes with the Italian government to Pablo Escobar's sinister hospitality, Maradona's life was a battleground far beyond football.

Battling addiction, betrayal, and exploitation, Maradona's story is one of genius corrupted - a man caught between adulation and self-destruction, whose medical neglect and FBI scrutiny culminated in a tragic end.

Marking the 40th anniversary of Argentina's legendary 1986 World Cup victory, Killing Maradona is a searing investigation into the forces that destroyed football's first 'Golden Boy.'

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Imprint: Cassell
Release date: May 2026
Authors: David Arrowsmith
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-1-78840-615-4
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Drugs trade / drug trafficking
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Football (Soccer, Association football) > General
Books > Biography > Sport
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LSN: 1-78840-615-X
Barcode: 9781788406154

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