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)

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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 82%
tense 58%
dark 47%
adventurous 29%
mysterious 27%
reflective 12%
challenging 9%
emotional 3%
funny 3%
sad 3%
inspiring 1%
lighthearted 1%

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fast 39%
slow 6%

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