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Mr Nice is the autobiography of former drug dealer Howard Marks. [1] Published in 1996, it became an international bestseller due in large part to the humour and unabashed bravado the author uses to describe his life and the sheer scale of his drug deals involving, among others, the CIA, MI6, the IRA and the Mafia.
Dennis Howard Marks (13 August 1945 – 10 April 2016) was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases. At his peak he claimed to have been smuggling consignments of the drug as large as 30 tons , [ 2 ] and was connected with groups as diverse as the CIA , the ...
Howard Stanley Marks (born 1946) is an American investor and writer. He is the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management , the largest investor in distressed securities worldwide. In 2022, with a net worth of $2.2 billion, Marks was ranked No. 1365 on the Forbes list of billionaires.
[citation needed] Marks was the main consultant for the film and for Ifans. The DVD includes a commentary by Howard Marks and a featurette in which Ifans impersonates Marks while both get intoxicated during a stand-up show, much to the delight of the crowd. Mr Nice was filmed in 2009 in Benidorm, Spain.
Prominent drugs trafficker Howard Marks was involved with McCann for several years in smuggling hashish from Afghanistan through Irish ports, specifically Shannon Airport, to the UK via Milford Haven in Wales. [4]
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On The Omnivore, in an aggregation of British press reviews, the book received a score of 4.0 out of 5. [1] Culture Critic gave it an aggregated critic score of 83 percent. [ 2 ] According to Book Marks , the book received "positive" reviews based on 13 critic reviews, with 9 being "rave" and 1 being "positive" and 1 being "mixed" and 2 being ...
Oaktree Capital co-founder Howard Marks and his wife Nancy have added to their already astonishing array of luxury homes with the $26.2 million purchase of an Old Hollywood-style mansion in L.A ...