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American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy by Jon Roberts, Evan Wright

American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy audiobook runs 16.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Meredith Scott Lynn and Christina Rooney and others (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.7listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy is an audiobook by Jon Roberts and Evan Wright: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Meredith Scott Lynn, Christina Rooney and Johnathan Mcclain and others, released November 1, 2011, on the Social Science and True Crime shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.7 hrs
Narrated by
Meredith Scott Lynn, Christina Rooney, Johnathan Mcclain, Steve Kramer, Thomas Vincent Kelly, Mark Deakins
Released
November 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, True Crime, Law & Politics
ISBN
9781448122011

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy audiobook?

American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.

Is the American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy?

American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy is narrated by Meredith Scott Lynn, Christina Rooney, Johnathan Mcclain and Steve Kramer and others.

Is American Desperado: My life as a Cocaine Cowboy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.6 hours.