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

344 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography technology true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. 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 u...

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informative 83%
tense 57%
dark 47%
adventurous 29%
mysterious 28%
reflective 12%
challenging 10%
emotional 3%
funny 3%
sad 3%
inspiring 1%
lighthearted 1%

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fast 41%
slow 5%

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