Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution

Most people born after 1935 know almost nothing about pre-revolutionary Cuba and the wild party that went on there for years until it all came crashing down. This is an insightful, detailed book that reveals the extravagance, corruption, and headiness of that time and place. The characters and the way things worked between the mob and the government are laid out and answer the question, "How could all this have happened?" The book takes you back to that time and place and makes you wish you could experience the city in 1958 for just a day. Characters are fleshed out; double-crossing and deceit are around every corner. Good photo section. Terrific read!!!

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In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere—the old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars, and flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar and often romanticized, but little understood. 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.

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As the Cuban people labored under a violently repressive regime throughout the 1950s, Mob leaders Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano turned their eye to Havana. To them, Cuba was the ultimate dream, the greatest hope for the future of the American Mob in the post-Prohibition years of intensified government crackdowns. But when it came time to make their move, it was Lansky, the brilliant Jewish mobster, who reigned supreme. Having cultivated strong ties with the Cuban government and in particular the brutal dictator Fulgencio Batista, Lansky brought key mobsters to Havana to put his ambitious business plans in motion.

Before long, the Mob, with Batista's corrupt government in its pocket, owned the biggest luxury hotels and casinos in Havana, launching an unprecedented tourism boom complete with the most lavish entertainment, the world's biggest celebrities, the most beautiful women, and gambling galore. 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.

Details For Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution

• Hardcover: 416 pages


• Publisher: William Morrow (June 3, 2008)


• Language: English


• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds


• Author: English


• ISBN-10: 0061147710


• ISBN-13: 978-0061147715


• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.3 x 9 inches

About the Author

T.J. English is the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, Paddy Whacked, The Westies, and Born to Kill, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. His screenwriting credits include TV episodes of NYPD Blue and Homicide, for which he was awarded the Humanitas Prize. He lives in New York City.

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