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“A whiz-bang account of the Mafia’s short-lived romp through 1950s Cuba.” (New York Times Book Review )
“While Havana Nocturne makes you glad that Batista and his gangster pals ultimately got what they deserved, it also makes you regret never having gotten the chance to soak up a few mojitos while catching the floor show at the old Tropicana.” (Village Voice )
“A tight storyteller, English provides a juicy mix of true crime and political intrigue, all set against the sexy sizzle of Havana nightlife.” (San Francisco Chronicle )
“[An] excellent new book.… [English] provides a detailed account of the personalities and elements that made up Cuban life. His well-researched descriptions of how business, gambling, politics, revolution, music and religion all played off each other give Havana Nocturne a broad context and a knowledgeable edge.” (Washington Post )
“Engaging….English’s brand of narrative is history, and he aims to set the record straight.” (Miami Herald )
“It’s a roaring story, equal parts fact and myth, and for the first time, it gets told in its violent entirety by no less a crime scribe than T.J. English…compellingly telling.” (Miami Sun Post )
“Spellbinding prose…Havana Nocturne is a powerful reminder of how the mob nearly achieved its biggest payday and how Castro beat the house, forever changing the course of history.” (San Antonio Express-News )
“[An] entertaining new book…by veteran crime writer T.J. English” (New York Post )
“Crime writer English (Paddy Whacked) unfolds a story whose main outline will be familiar to any fan of The Godfather: Part II, but whose twists and turns no screenplay could keep up with.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“True-crime writer English (Paddy Whacked) presents an empire-building saga in which the “Havana Mob” of American gangsters, led by visionary financier Meyer Lansky, controlled Cuba.” (Publishers Weekly )
“English’s engaging narrative reads with the gripping quality of fiction: the dark underworld of Havana comes to life....Highly recommended.” (Library Journal )
“Finally, the definitive book has been written on the Mob’s heyday in Cuba. Havana Nocturne is at once compelling and incisive—an entertaining page-tuner that will both shock and inform.” (Sam Giancana, author of Double Cross )
“Sex and drugs and rockin’ mambo! Havana Nocturne is a dazzling parade through the Mob’s interests in Cuba. A must for Mob fans everywhere.” (Legs McNeil, author of The Other Hollywood and Please Kill Me )
“All the razzle-dazzle is here—Sinatra, the black sedans, the showgirls—but English goes further, to show how gangsterismo permeated the politics of Cuba and influenced its destiny.” (The Scotsman )
“While Havana Nocturne makes you glad that Batista and his gangster pals ultimately got what they deserved, it also makes you regret never having gotten the chance to soak up a few mojitos while catching the floor show at the old Tropicana.” (Village Voice )
“A tight storyteller, English provides a juicy mix of true crime and political intrigue, all set against the sexy sizzle of Havana nightlife.” (San Francisco Chronicle )
“[An] excellent new book.… [English] provides a detailed account of the personalities and elements that made up Cuban life. His well-researched descriptions of how business, gambling, politics, revolution, music and religion all played off each other give Havana Nocturne a broad context and a knowledgeable edge.” (Washington Post )
“Engaging….English’s brand of narrative is history, and he aims to set the record straight.” (Miami Herald )
“It’s a roaring story, equal parts fact and myth, and for the first time, it gets told in its violent entirety by no less a crime scribe than T.J. English…compellingly telling.” (Miami Sun Post )
“Spellbinding prose…Havana Nocturne is a powerful reminder of how the mob nearly achieved its biggest payday and how Castro beat the house, forever changing the course of history.” (San Antonio Express-News )
“[An] entertaining new book…by veteran crime writer T.J. English” (New York Post )
“Crime writer English (Paddy Whacked) unfolds a story whose main outline will be familiar to any fan of The Godfather: Part II, but whose twists and turns no screenplay could keep up with.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“True-crime writer English (Paddy Whacked) presents an empire-building saga in which the “Havana Mob” of American gangsters, led by visionary financier Meyer Lansky, controlled Cuba.” (Publishers Weekly )
“English’s engaging narrative reads with the gripping quality of fiction: the dark underworld of Havana comes to life....Highly recommended.” (Library Journal )
“Finally, the definitive book has been written on the Mob’s heyday in Cuba. Havana Nocturne is at once compelling and incisive—an entertaining page-tuner that will both shock and inform.” (Sam Giancana, author of Double Cross )
“Sex and drugs and rockin’ mambo! Havana Nocturne is a dazzling parade through the Mob’s interests in Cuba. A must for Mob fans everywhere.” (Legs McNeil, author of The Other Hollywood and Please Kill Me )
“All the razzle-dazzle is here—Sinatra, the black sedans, the showgirls—but English goes further, to show how gangsterismo permeated the politics of Cuba and influenced its destiny.” (The Scotsman )
Kurzbeschreibung
To underworld kingpins Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Cuba was the greatest hope for the future of American organized crime in the post-Prohibition years. In the 1950s, the Mob—with the corrupt, repressive government of brutal Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in its pocket—owned Havana's biggest luxury hotels and casinos, launching an unprecedented tourism boom complete with the most lavish entertainment, top-drawer celebrities, gorgeous women, and gambling galore. But Mob dreams collided with those of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and others who would lead an uprising of the country's disenfranchised against Batista's hated government and its foreign partners—an epic cultural battle that bestselling author T. J. English captures here in all its sexy, decadent, ugly glory.
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Das Land Kuba nimmt seit einem halben Jahrhundert eine besondere Stellung auf dieser Erde ein. Ein kleines Land, das, geführt durch seinen charismatischen Führer Fidel Castro der Großmacht USA in ihrem eigenen "Hinterhof" die Stirn bietet, und von der weltweiten Linken ebenso verehrt wird, wie der Nationalheld "Che" Guevara. Viel ist schon über dieses Land und die beiden großen Helden geschrieben und diskutiert worden. Die Zeit zwischen der Unabhängigkeit von Spanien (1889) und der Revolution (1959) wird jedoch etwas vernachlässigt. In Europa wird sie allgemein als eine Zeit der Unruhen mit ständig wechselnden Regierungen gesehen, in den USA dagegen aufgrund der Abneigung gegen die aktuelle sozialistische Führung fast ein wenig rein gewaschen. Einen Aspekt des Lebens auf Kuba vor der Revolution, greift Autor T. J. English nun in seinem aktuellen Buch "Havana nocturne" auf. Und der Weg führt ihn, wie bei T. J. English nicht anders zu erwarten, mal wieder in die Unterwelt.
T. J. English ist ein amerikanischer Autor irischer Abstammung, der sich durch seine Bücher über das organisierte Verbrechen einen Namen gemacht hat. Sein Debüt"The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob" erschien 1990, und behandelte wie sein 2005er Werk "Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster" das Treiben irisch-amerikanischer Gangster in New York und den USA. Zwischendurch widmete er sich 1995 mit "Born to Kill" noch einer vietnamesischen Bande in New York. Nun führt sein Weg also nach Kuba, das Land, das in den Dreißigerjahren von den führenden italo-amerikanischen Gangstern als Markt der Zukunft entdeckt wurde.
In den USA wurde es seit dem Ende der Prohibition und der gestiegenen Aufmerksamkeit der Behörden immer schwieriger für die Gangsterbosse, so dass Größen wie Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano oder Santo Trafficante Ende der Vierzigerjahre beschlossen, ihr Imperium auf Kuba zu erweitern, um so den amerikanischen Behörden aus dem Weg zu gehen. Mit Hilfe einer korrupten Regierung und jeder Menge Geld, gelang es den Gangstern in Kuba ein Urlaubsparadies für die Amerikaner zu schaffen. Nur wenige Kilometer vor der amerikanischen Küste erschufen sie eine Welt, die scheinbar nur aus Vergnügen und Freude bestand. Angefangen beim legalen Glücksspiel, über Alkohol und Musik bis hin zu Sex in jeder Form.
T. J. English verfolgt in seiner Beschreibung der Entwicklung, die Kuba in den Fünfzigerjahren nahm, drei Handlungsstränge. Das Hauptaugenmerk liegt auf den amerikanischen Mob-Bossen. Die Hintergründe ihres Kuba-Abenteuers werden geschildert, ebenso wie ihr vorgehen auf der Insel. Gleichzeitig stellt English die Entwicklung Kubas in den Jahren vor Batistas Machtergreifung und während seiner Diktatur dar. Schließlich verfolgt er ebenfalls die Entwicklung der Revolution um Fidel Castro. Nach und nach treffen diese drei Geschichten zusammen, und so entsteht ein großes Gesamtbild von Kuba in den Fünfzigerjahren, zwischen schillerndem, dekadentem Nachtleben und Revolution.
T. J. English ist ein amerikanischer Autor irischer Abstammung, der sich durch seine Bücher über das organisierte Verbrechen einen Namen gemacht hat. Sein Debüt"The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob" erschien 1990, und behandelte wie sein 2005er Werk "Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster" das Treiben irisch-amerikanischer Gangster in New York und den USA. Zwischendurch widmete er sich 1995 mit "Born to Kill" noch einer vietnamesischen Bande in New York. Nun führt sein Weg also nach Kuba, das Land, das in den Dreißigerjahren von den führenden italo-amerikanischen Gangstern als Markt der Zukunft entdeckt wurde.
In den USA wurde es seit dem Ende der Prohibition und der gestiegenen Aufmerksamkeit der Behörden immer schwieriger für die Gangsterbosse, so dass Größen wie Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano oder Santo Trafficante Ende der Vierzigerjahre beschlossen, ihr Imperium auf Kuba zu erweitern, um so den amerikanischen Behörden aus dem Weg zu gehen. Mit Hilfe einer korrupten Regierung und jeder Menge Geld, gelang es den Gangstern in Kuba ein Urlaubsparadies für die Amerikaner zu schaffen. Nur wenige Kilometer vor der amerikanischen Küste erschufen sie eine Welt, die scheinbar nur aus Vergnügen und Freude bestand. Angefangen beim legalen Glücksspiel, über Alkohol und Musik bis hin zu Sex in jeder Form.
T. J. English verfolgt in seiner Beschreibung der Entwicklung, die Kuba in den Fünfzigerjahren nahm, drei Handlungsstränge. Das Hauptaugenmerk liegt auf den amerikanischen Mob-Bossen. Die Hintergründe ihres Kuba-Abenteuers werden geschildert, ebenso wie ihr vorgehen auf der Insel. Gleichzeitig stellt English die Entwicklung Kubas in den Jahren vor Batistas Machtergreifung und während seiner Diktatur dar. Schließlich verfolgt er ebenfalls die Entwicklung der Revolution um Fidel Castro. Nach und nach treffen diese drei Geschichten zusammen, und so entsteht ein großes Gesamtbild von Kuba in den Fünfzigerjahren, zwischen schillerndem, dekadentem Nachtleben und Revolution.
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Crime novels abound. There's no question that we enjoy reading fiction and non-fiction about the gangster element. This is one historical presentation that is certain to please readers.
Unlike other books that often rehash well-known facts about criminals and their actions, Havana Nocturne is an entertaining review of the historical activities of the Mob in Cuba from the mid-1940s until the Castro revolution takeover in 1959. History has often avoided or ignored the Mafia's involvement in Cuba, forgetting that many of the activities there superceded or coincided with the development of Las Vegas.
Rather than a presentation of repetitive facts, however, this book does an excellent job of condensing the political events of the time while also explaining the decades-old Mob interest in Cuba.
Readers will find the story reading like a fantasy as they discover interesting facts surrounding the activities of Frank Sinatra, John F. Kennedy and the bawdy nightlife of the Caribbean.
For those interested in understanding why the US has avoided involvement in Cuba for 50 years, how Batista ruled Cuba and Castro took control, and how the Mafia nearly rose to power internationally, I strongly recommend this book.
Unlike other books that often rehash well-known facts about criminals and their actions, Havana Nocturne is an entertaining review of the historical activities of the Mob in Cuba from the mid-1940s until the Castro revolution takeover in 1959. History has often avoided or ignored the Mafia's involvement in Cuba, forgetting that many of the activities there superceded or coincided with the development of Las Vegas.
Rather than a presentation of repetitive facts, however, this book does an excellent job of condensing the political events of the time while also explaining the decades-old Mob interest in Cuba.
Readers will find the story reading like a fantasy as they discover interesting facts surrounding the activities of Frank Sinatra, John F. Kennedy and the bawdy nightlife of the Caribbean.
For those interested in understanding why the US has avoided involvement in Cuba for 50 years, how Batista ruled Cuba and Castro took control, and how the Mafia nearly rose to power internationally, I strongly recommend this book.
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Livin' la vida loca not all that healthy.
21. Juli 2008
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I loved this book for a lot of reasons but it didn't make me want to take my clothes off and go dancin' in the rain. In fact, after reading this account of Havana I wonder when it was that Ricky Martin thought such frivolity would be a good idea. The history of the city and the lifestyle surrounding it's golden years seemed exciting but a little dangerous.
Author T.J. English did a wonderful job of researching the happenings in Cuba in his non-fiction winner, "Havana Nocturne." I relish well- researched histories and with about 330 end notes, some 25 insider interviews, and 11 pages listing the books, articles, essays, transcripts, reports, documentaries, television programs, institutions, and FBI files that English relied on for his information, this book certainly qualifies.
Usually that much research material produces a book with the trudging characteristics of a Russian epic that takes several years to read, but not Havana Nocturne. English has deftly woven the information into a tight record of a couple of decades of activity, and produced an entertaining account of what the Mob and the Cuban government was involved in, all the while naming those who participated in some highly nefarious schemes. All the familiar big-city Mafiosi characters are here, along with the hangers-on from Hollywood, Tampa, Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago and Las Vegas-- those who loved the glamour and excitement of a glittering Havana especially prepared to lure them in.
Famous Americans such as John F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Steve Allen, Lucille Ball, Marlon Brando, George Raft, Graham Greene, Errol Flynn, Dorothy Dandridge, Ava Gardner, Eartha Kitt, Ginger Rogers, Tony Martin, Johnny Mathis, Donald O'Conner, and Tyrone Power, among many others, became real aficionados of the wild Cuban lifestyle and spent a good deal of time sampling it. Give English credit. He's not a muckraker and lurid details of their visits are sparse, but their presence is acknowledged.
Fulgencio Batista's turbulent career as dictator and his repressive regime through the 1950s is brilliantly chronicled as is his open-pocket acceptance of the Mob's movement into the biggest luxury hotels and gambling casinos in Havana. English parallels the lush life and Batista's corrupt governmental activities with the story of a young revolutionary named Fidel Castro who lives in the Cuban mountains, plotting to overthrow Batista and implement his own ideas for the Mob. The author tells of the Revolution, the ouster of Batista, and the double-cross Castro executes against the American mobsters, a move that virtually sent Cuba into an economic downward spiral from which it has never recovered.
This book was a pleasure to read. The writing is taut: the activity is crisply presented. There are many characters involved but the author never loses the reader to the playbill. I haven't enjoyed a book this much for some time. I highly recommend it.
Author T.J. English did a wonderful job of researching the happenings in Cuba in his non-fiction winner, "Havana Nocturne." I relish well- researched histories and with about 330 end notes, some 25 insider interviews, and 11 pages listing the books, articles, essays, transcripts, reports, documentaries, television programs, institutions, and FBI files that English relied on for his information, this book certainly qualifies.
Usually that much research material produces a book with the trudging characteristics of a Russian epic that takes several years to read, but not Havana Nocturne. English has deftly woven the information into a tight record of a couple of decades of activity, and produced an entertaining account of what the Mob and the Cuban government was involved in, all the while naming those who participated in some highly nefarious schemes. All the familiar big-city Mafiosi characters are here, along with the hangers-on from Hollywood, Tampa, Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago and Las Vegas-- those who loved the glamour and excitement of a glittering Havana especially prepared to lure them in.
Famous Americans such as John F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Steve Allen, Lucille Ball, Marlon Brando, George Raft, Graham Greene, Errol Flynn, Dorothy Dandridge, Ava Gardner, Eartha Kitt, Ginger Rogers, Tony Martin, Johnny Mathis, Donald O'Conner, and Tyrone Power, among many others, became real aficionados of the wild Cuban lifestyle and spent a good deal of time sampling it. Give English credit. He's not a muckraker and lurid details of their visits are sparse, but their presence is acknowledged.
Fulgencio Batista's turbulent career as dictator and his repressive regime through the 1950s is brilliantly chronicled as is his open-pocket acceptance of the Mob's movement into the biggest luxury hotels and gambling casinos in Havana. English parallels the lush life and Batista's corrupt governmental activities with the story of a young revolutionary named Fidel Castro who lives in the Cuban mountains, plotting to overthrow Batista and implement his own ideas for the Mob. The author tells of the Revolution, the ouster of Batista, and the double-cross Castro executes against the American mobsters, a move that virtually sent Cuba into an economic downward spiral from which it has never recovered.
This book was a pleasure to read. The writing is taut: the activity is crisply presented. There are many characters involved but the author never loses the reader to the playbill. I haven't enjoyed a book this much for some time. I highly recommend it.
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The real Hyman Roth
22. Juli 2008
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The story of Meyer Lansky and his plans to make Cuba into a mobsters' dream: "90 miles from the United States with a friendly (i.e., corrupt and venal) government". Sound familiar? Then you've seen "Godfather II" as I have and believe you're familiar with this story. But there is so much more to it, and T. J. English writes with gusto, amusement and at times admiration at how the American mobsters, led by The Little Man, Jewish Meyer Lansky, dared to dream they could rule Havana aided and abetted by the amoral and corrupt dictator Fulgencio Batista. They weren't counting on the Castro brothers and their compatriot, Che Guevera, who had a different vision for Cuba. They became increasingly disgusted at the exploitation of the Cuban people, particularly as sex workers, for the amusement of the gringo tourists. No one gets off easy here, not JFK, not Sinatra, not the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, all of whom were beneficiaries and abettors of the corruption of the Mob. A terrific read and a history lesson which goes down smoothly.
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