Memoirs of a Jamaican Gentleman From Prep School to Penitentiary |
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| Author:
| Henriques, Garth |
| Editor-In-Chief:
| Edwards, Patricia |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4563-2495-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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"Mega-cash, ganja, easy sex, fast cars, and reggae combined with fifteen minutes of fame," is how Garth Henriques looks back on his life. A charming man and a natural story teller, this now reformed drug smuggler describes his roller-coaster life from an innocent school boy to a prison graduate. He started out innocently in the '60s hippie-subculture of free-love, flower power, Woodstock and acid and graduated to criminality, drug-smuggling and a life of high-jinks and adventure. It is...
More Description"Mega-cash, ganja, easy sex, fast cars, and reggae combined with fifteen minutes of fame," is how Garth Henriques looks back on his life. A charming man and a natural story teller, this now reformed drug smuggler describes his roller-coaster life from an innocent school boy to a prison graduate. He started out innocently in the '60s hippie-subculture of free-love, flower power, Woodstock and acid and graduated to criminality, drug-smuggling and a life of high-jinks and adventure. It is an inspirational autobiography of an unconventional Jamaican entrepreneur and gentleman who became involved with smuggling weed, first taking it across the waters to friends and then to a broader customer base. It is a story of risk-taking, adventure, avarice and betrayal and an open view of a life consumed by drugs and alcohol. It details what motivated Garth to behave outrageously in his quest for the search of green gold and ultimately happiness which always seemed to elude him. An entertaining tale, he describes his adventures and misadventures, the many unique individuals he met and the camaraderie and how he cultivated drug contacts and discovered the best places to find and purchase top-quality weed. Though he made many multi-million deals it never panned out as he expected and he never made that big score as more often than not the deals went south, there were betrayals and rip-offs, boats sank and planes crashed and the allure of big money mostly evaporated into thin air. Despite all that happened in his life he has no regrets as things would not have turned out the way they did. At the end of the day, he would like his book to be a guide to young people to learn from his lessons, to eschew the allure of a quick buck, to work hard for what you want and make an honest living.