The Adventures of Juan Planchard
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The Adventures of Juan Planchard
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See moreAlready an underground hit in Latin America, this is The Wolf of Wall Street meets Scarface in a wild, fast-paced ride through sex, drugs, revolution, and the morally gray hustle of a man who dares to game the system that destroyed his country.
The bestselling wild, fast-paced ride through sex, drugs, revolution, and the morally grey hustle of a man who dares to game the system that destroyed his country—it's The Wolf of Wall Street meets Scarface.
"My name is Juan Planchard. I'm twenty-nine years old, and I have five million dollars in my account. I own a house in Caracas, another in Madrid, and a high-rise apartment in New York. I run a sportsbook at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. I share a private jet with a friend's frontman. And I'm convinced—down to my bones—that every decision I made during the revolution was the right one. My descendants will thank me."
So begins The Adventures of Juan Planchard, the story of a middle-class nobody turned millionaire by weaponising the very corruption that swallowed Venezuela. He dines with oligarchs, sleeps with models, and navigates a world where power is the only currency—and morality is a luxury no one can afford.
But in the middle of the chaos, greed, and blood money, Juan falls hard for Scarlet, a sharp, seductive American beauty who just might be his way out—or his ultimate downfall.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781538779781
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 11 June 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 144.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 374g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Jonathan Jakubowicz is an acclaimed Venezuelan filmmaker and writer. His breakthrough film, Secuestro Express, was recognized as a "Critics' Pick" by The New York Times in 2005. He has since directed the films Hands of Stone (starring Edgar Ramirez, Ana de Armas, and Robert DeNiro) and Resistance (starring Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, and Bella Ramsey). In 2016, Jakubowicz's debut novel Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard became a bestseller in the Spanish-language market, and one of the bestselling books from a Venezuelan author of all time.
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