SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017 4:30 - 7:30 P.M. Hosted by Morton’s Gourmet Market at our Osprey store Sample over 30 top zinfandels Nosh on zin-friendly culinary sensations $25 in advance / $30 at the door Group discounts available Tickets available at Morton’s or by calling 941-955-9856 Proceeds to benefit 88 SCENE | MAY 2017 LITERARYScene By Ryan G. Van Cleave RYAN G. VAN CLEAVE REVIEWS THREE ACTION-PACKED BOOKS GRINGO: MY LIFE ON THE EDGE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE by Dan “Tito” Davis (with Peter Conti) Dan “Tito” Davis led a life that’s hard to believe. Coming from small-town South Dakota, he didn’t expect to find himself making White Crosses (speed) in Las Vegas, which earned him $200,000 a week. He graduated to selling cocaine, which landed him in jail for five years. When he got out, Davis moved to marijuana, a safer product to sell that still raked in $50,000 per week. But when a friend got busted and tried to frame Davis for a crime he didn’t commit, Davis went on the run to avoid a 30-year prison sentence. This book details his time as a criminal, but focuses on his life on the run: living on the periphery of major drug cartels in Colombia and Mexico, hiding in the underground hideouts for the Medillin cartel, sneaking into Germany, being interrogated in Cuba, and building a Venezuelan resort during the rule of anti-American President Hugo Chavez. It’s an exciting read all the way up to when he was black-bagged (kidnapped by covert US troops since there was no extradition treaty in place) in Venezuela in 2007, and he ended up serving 105 months in jail. These days, Davis lives in Key West, and thanks to well-published author Peter Conti’s help, the story of Davis’ crazy life is urgent and gripping. If you liked the movie The Fugitive or US Marshals, you’ll probably get a real kick out this book. Where else are you going to learn about a hit woman who moonlights as a tutor or a Bandito named Fonzie? Rating: GringoBook.com arts&culture 1924 SOUTH OSPREY AVE. �� SARASOTA MORTONSMARKET.COM
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