Reading
T.J. English
- When
Monday July 14, 2008 (8pm)
- Where
- Books & Books - Coral Gables (265 Aragon Ave, 305.442.4408)
- Price
- FREE
- Details
- http://booksandbooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=375968
- Glittering casinos, Hollywood starlets, rip-roaring nightlife — even after almost half a century, the history of Havana during the days of Batista and the Mafia remains a vivid reminder of how glamorous corruption and crime can become. But even minds as bright as those of legendary gangsters Meyer Lansky and Santo Trafficante sometimes go dim with the skim of their own take, and that neither mobster considered Castro to be more than a mere headache proved to be their downfall. T.J. English, the scribe behind The Westies and Born to Kill, retraces the tracks of those responsible for one of the most mobbed-up cities ever, following them right to the bitter end in the shadows of la revolución. – John Hood
