The Death and Life of Bobby Z : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780307275349 : 0307275345 : 12 Sep 2006 : FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CARTEL. When Tim Kearney, a small-time criminal, slits the throat of a Hell\'s Angel and draws a life sentence in a prison full of gang members, he knows he\'s pretty much a dead man. That\'s until the DEA makes Kearney an offer: impersonate the late, legendary dope smuggler Bobby Z so that the agency can trade him for one of their own, who was captured by a Mexican drug kingpin. Knowing his chances of survival are a little better than in prison, Kearney accepts, ...