The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing tells the story of a hyper-observant, politically-minded, but humorously pragmatic weed dealer who has spent a working life compiling rules for how to a) make money and b) avoid prison.
Each rule shapes a chapter of this fast-paced outlaw tale, all delivered in his deliciously trenchant argot. Here are a few of them:
- No guns but keep shooters.
- Stay behind the white guy.
- Don’t snitch.
- Always have a job.
- Be multi-sourced.
- Get your money and get out.
Part edge-of-the-seat suspense story, part how-to manual in the tradition of The Anarchist Cookbook, The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing is as scintillating as it is subversive. Just reading it feels illegal.
"Taibbi, a writer of striking intelligence and bold ideas, is as hilarious as he is scathing." -Publishers Weekly
From coverage of the hardback:
"A welcome, lyrical defense of 'coaxing a beautiful thing out of the ground and bringing it to your door.'" - The Bohemian
"Lays bare the link between organised crime, the state and policing" - Morning Star
"An entertaining fictional pusher reveals sobering real-life truths" - Washington Independent Review of Books
"[An] honest and humane approach to the nasty business of business under contemporary capitalism" - People's World
