American Kingpin Book Review. Bilton writes in a breezy, colloquial style, punctuated by occasional pulpy asides, and he aptly manages the technological arcana of this sprawling story. What the 29 year old “ross the pirate” built in just 2 years will put pablo escobar to shame.
Nick bilton (goodreads author) 4.36 · rating details · 28,216 ratings · 2,290 reviews. American kingpin is the best thing i've read in ages. 3.50 · rating details · 2 ratings · 1 review.
American kingpin is addictive reading, and whether or not you are already familiar with the silk road, by the time this book ends you will likely want to know even more about the dark web and the legacy of the world’s largest online retailer of illegal goods.
(as it happens, bilton lived in san francisco and used to walk his dog past the library where ulbricht was. The epic hunt for the criminal mastermind behind the silk road,” by nick bilton, a special correspondent for vanity fair and a former columnist for the new york times. I just finished reading nick bilton's american kingpin: — seira wilson, the amazon book review.