American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

Nick Bilton

328 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography technology true crime dark informative tense medium-paced

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The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom—and almost got away with it. In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Sil...

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informative 83%
tense 62%
dark 51%
adventurous 34%
mysterious 30%
reflective 12%
challenging 10%
funny 2%
sad 1%

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slow 3%

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