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Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba... and Then Lost It to the Revolution | 
| Author: T J English
Creator: Mel Foster
Publisher: Tantor Media
Category: Book
List Price: $37.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 214122
Format: Audiobook, Cd
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 11
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 1400107695
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.106097291
EAN: 9781400107698
ASIN: 1400107695
Publication Date: July 28, 2008
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Product Description
An award-winning journalist, screenwriter, and historian offers the complete story of how the mob infiltrated Havana in the 1950s, made a fortune, and then lost it all to Fidel Castro.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 EXCELLENT!!! September 6, 2008
THE MOST INFORMATIVE, ENTERTAINING, FAST-READING NON-FICTION BOOK EVER. GREAT LESSON IN HISTORY, GREAT PICTURES.
 A colorful account of Mob corruption in pre Castro Cuba August 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
English employs his journalistic skills in describing casino corruption in Cuba before Fidel. Sparring no details or names, this experienced writer does not to get bogged down in distractions. He writes swiftly with small cameos of various mobsters, Cuban political leaders and stars; all the time keeping focus on the gambling casinos, the machinations of the Mob, and the big time, long term aspirations of Lansky and Trafficante. Spicing his tale, his relish is large quantities of cash, a large dollop of sex and the arrival of Fidel and his motley crew. Garbage out, garbage in.
 Worth a read but don't buy it. August 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a good book and pretty interesting. I think English did a good job of researching for the book and documenting things well. However, I guess I envisioned the story being more spectacular and riveting.
It seemed like English may have made Meyer Lansky out to be a little too good but he did do a good job of showing what a fraud Che Guevara and Fidel Castro were.
For all of their talk of being for the people, they were no different than the dictator they over-through. I will need to read more about these characters. I had assumed that maybe they had started out the revolution for the right reasons and then slowly devolved into dictators but it appeared from this book that they always intended to be a dictator.
Overall, the book is worth reading but not worth buying. Check it out from your library or borrow it from a friend.
Great Book! August 29, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book "Havana Nocturne" is a great book. It is well-written and well-documented and well worth the read.
Love this book! August 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Thoroughly enjoyable read - all the way. He weaves in and out of time, connecting the historical dots. Fascinating, for both newcomers and old-hands at this period of cuban life.
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