[1] In several nonfiction books, Century has written about diverse subjects ranging from inner-city gangs, organized-crime, undercover police investigations, military operations, and the history of Jewish prizefighting in the United States.
"Street Kingdom... is an inventive mix of courageous investigative reporting, accomplished storytelling, knowing social commentary and wicked street-smart prose... One of the miracles of this book is that it occurred at all."
"[5] Century is the coauthor of Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with a Commando in one of the World’s Most Elite Counterterrorism Units, with former Israeli special forces operative Aaron Cohen, published by Ecco/HarperCollins in April 2008.
cherry) a controversial Special Forces outfit which runs missions targeting wanted terrorist suspects in the occupied territories of the West Bank, often while posing in undercover disguise as Palestinian Arabs.
won the 2010 Colby Award, recognizing "a first work of fiction or nonfiction that has made a significant contribution to the public's understanding of intelligence operations, military history, or international affairs.
Publishers Weekly in a starred review called the book "a propulsive chronicle...This grave and astonishing account will leave fans in awe," [7] while Booklist called Split Decision "an astounding and provocative tale... a powerful memoir of diverging lives.” In April 2018, Century coauthored Hunting El Chapo (HarperCollins) with former DEA Special Agent Andrew Hogan, an account of Hogan's eight year investigation tracking down and eventually capturing the world's most-wanted drug-trafficker Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera a.k.a.
In March 2017, Variety reported that Sony Pictures with 3 Arts Entertainment optioned Hunting El Chapo for a feature film with Michael Bay set to produce it.
"[8] Reviewing the book in the Sunday Telegraph Jack Kerridge called The Last Boss of Brighton "a brilliant, blood-soaked biography ... so enjoyably mayhem-crammed as to make Howard Marks' drug-smuggling memoir Mr Nice read like Barbara Pym... Nayfeld is a fiendishly compelling presence on the page.
"[9] In her January 7, 2023 review in the Globe and Mail, Emily Donaldson opined that it is an "exciting" break from true-crime conventions: "Douglas Century’s The Last Boss of Brighton offers up the sordidly riveting tale of Belarusian heroin trafficker Boris Nayfeld...
As he recounts, in granular detail, crimes ranging from pickpocketing to violent hold-ups to a massive gas-tax swindling scheme that netted him millions, Nayfeld gives us a tour of a parallel criminal world, with all its attendant rules and 'ethics.'