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Author:

English, T. J., 1957-

Title:

Havana nocturne : how the mob owned Cuba-- and then lost It to the revolution / T.J. English.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xx, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mafia--Havana.--Havana.
Cuba--History--1933-1959.
Havana (Cuba)--Social conditions--20th century.
Lansky, Meyer,--1902-
Luciano, Lucky,--1897-1962.

Other Titles:

Havana mob

Notes:

"This book was originally published as The Havana mob in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Mainstream Publishing"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-380) and index.

Contents:

pt. 1. Mobster mambo. -- Feeling lucky -- The mob's playground -- El Judio Maravilloso (The Marvelous Jew) -- Well-charactered people -- Razzle-dazzle -- The ghost of Jose Marti -- Gambler's paradise -- pt. 2. La engañadora (The deceiver). -- Arrivederci, Roma -- A bullet for El Presidente -- Carnival of flesh -- Tropical vengeance -- A handmade woman -- The sun almost rises -- "Get the money".

Summary:

An award-winning journalist and historian offers the complete story of how the Mob infiltrated Havana in the 1950s, made a fortune--and lost it all to Fidel Castro.

ISBN:

0061147710 (hbk.)
9780061147715 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)184982515

LCCN:

2007051411

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