Mafia in Havana, The: A Caribbean Mob Story - Softcover

Enrique Cirules

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0980429234 ISBN 13: 9780980429237

Publisher: OCEAN PRESS, 2010

Synopsis

Havana, capital of Cuba, was once a playground for the rich, the famous - and the infamous. In the early 20th century, before the revolution, Cuba was the world of Sinatra and the showgirls, mambo and marijuana, run by shady characters lime ''Lucky'' Luciano and Meyer Lansky. prize-winning author Enrique Cirules takes readers into this shockingly glamorous and fantastically seedy world. In an extensive investigation into the former Cuban underworld, he exposes the close ties that existed between the Mafia, US business interests and intelligence agencies.

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Review:

"A meticulously accurate and superbly written history of the Cuban underworld in terms of the interactions between the American Mafia, US businesses and governmental intelligence agencies. The Mafia in Havana is a seminal and strongly recommended addition

About the Author:

Enrique Cirules, was born in Camaguey, Cuba, in 1938. He is a great storyteller and the author of several novels and short stories, including "Conversation with the Last American." He won the 1994 Casa de las Americas prize for The Mafia in Havana.

About this edition

• Publisher: OCEAN PRESS
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0980429234
• ISBN 13: 9780980429237
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 180