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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : William Morrow, c2008.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: xx, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061147715 (hbk.)
  • 0061147710 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Havana mob
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.106/097291
LOC classification:
  • 107 HV 6453 E58h 2008
Online resources:
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 engaänadora (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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 107 HV 6453 E58h 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000078471

"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.

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 engaänadora (The deceiver). -- Arrivederci, Roma -- A bullet for El Presidente -- Carnival of flesh -- Tropical vengeance -- A handmade woman -- The sun almost rises -- "Get the money".

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.

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