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Havana nocturne : how the mob owned Cuba-- and then lost it to the revolution Cover Image

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Havana nocturne : how the mob owned Cuba-- and then lost it to the revolution

English, T. J. 1957- (Author). Foster, Mel. (Narrator). hoopla digital. (Added Author). Read by Mel Foster. (Cast).

Summary: In Havana Nocturne, T. J. English offers a riveting, multifaceted true tale of organized crime, political corruption, roaring nightlife, revolution, and international conflict that interweaves the dual stories of the mob in Havana and the event that would overshadow it: the Cuban Revolution.Bringing together long-buried historical information and English's own research in Havana-including interviews with the era's key survivors-Havana Nocturne takes readers back to Cuba in the years when it was a veritable devil's playground for mob leaders Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Thanks to strong ties with the island's brutal dictator, President Batista, the mob soon owned the biggest luxury hotels and casinos and launched an unprecedented tourist boom. But their dreams collided with those of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and others who would lead the country's disenfranchised to overthrow their corrupt government and its foreign partners-an epic cultural battle that English captures in all its sexy, decadent, ugly glory.

Record details

ISBN: 1400127696 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
ISBN: 9781400127696 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (780 min.)) : digital.
remote
access
electronic resource
electronic
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [United States] : Tantor Audio, 2008.
Distributor: Made available through hoopla

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	Digital content provided by hoopla.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Mel Foster.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.