Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Author’s Note: A User’s Guide ix
4. Gold 1
5. My Cocaine Museum 13
6. Color 23
7. Heat 31
8. Wind & Weather 43
9. Rain 51
10. Boredom 59
11. Diving 69
12. Water in Water 77
13. Julio Arboleda’s Stone 87
14. Mines 97
15. Entropy 109
16. Moonshine 117
17. The Accursed Share 121
18. A Dog Growls 129
19. The Coast Is No Longer Boring 139
20. Paramilitary Lover 149
21. Cement & Speed 159
22. Miasma 173
23. Swamp 189
24. The Right to Be Lazy 197
25. Beaches 217
26. Lightning 227
27. Bocanegra 239
28. Stone 245
29. Evil Eye 255
30. Gorgon 263
31. Gorgona 271
32. Islands 283
33. Underwater Mountains 297
34. Sloth 303
35. Afterword 311
36. Acknowledgments 317
37. Bibliography 319
38. Index 329