Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

by Wilson, Paul
ISBN: 9780578579061
5 (1)
Availability:
$6.99
Used - Trade Paperback - 9780578579061

Available Offers


Pickup at {0} Out of stock at {0} Check other stores
FREE -
Ship to Me
$3.99 - Get it Oct 21 - 24

Overview

In the summer of 1978, twenty-one-year-old Paul Wilson jumps at the chance to join two local icons on a dream surf trip to mainland Mexico, unaware their ultimate destination lies in the heart of drug cartel country. Having no earthly idea of where he'll get the money to pay his share, and determined to prove his mettle, he does the only thing he can think of: He robs a supermarket. And, if karma didn't already have enough reason to doom the trip, he soon learns one of his companions is a convicted killer on the run, and the other an unscrupulous cad. Mishap and misfortune rule the days, and mere survival takes precedence over surfing.

Original photographs (including pre-kingpin El Chapo), and Wilson's strong narrative style, combine to make this true story personal--in the tradition of Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, and Barbarian Days, A Surfing Life by William Finnegan--except this tale had to wait for the statute of limitations to expire before it could be told.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Wilson, Paul
  • ISBN: 9780578579061
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.60
  • Number Of Pages: 264
  • Publication Year: 2019

Customer Reviews

Rating Snapshot

5 ★   100%
4 ★   0%
3 ★   0%
2 ★   0%
1 ★   0%
5
1 Ratings

0

0% Would Recommend
0 Recommendations
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • An adventure ride

    Max W. - 6 years 4 months ago

    Loved it, very fun read, couldn't stop turning the pages.