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Killing Pablo, by Mark Bowden, is a bestselling book that presents the inside story of the manhunt for the most powerful criminal in history. Summary of the Book Pablo Escobar was a rich and notorious drug lord of Colombia, an exclusive cocaine trafficker who was called The King of Cocaine, who had once run Medellin Cartel. This book details how Escobar was killed and his associations were pulled apart from being a mafia. It has a companion documentary film, and a motion picture was also made, directed by Joe Carnahan. The contents of this book were originally published as a 31-part series in The Philadelphia Inquirer. About Mark Bowden Mark Bowden is an American writer. He is associated with Vanity Fair as a contributing editor. Some of his famous works include: Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War; Bringing the Heat; Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire; Road Work: Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beasts; and Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam.