T. J. English - Havana Nocturne.nfo
General Information
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Title: Havana Nocturne
Author: T. J. English
Read By: Mel Foster
Copyright: 2008
Audiobook Copyright: 2008
Genre: History
Publisher: Phoenix Books
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Number of MP3s: 15
Total Duration: 13:14:41
Total MP3 Size: 365.46
Parity Archive: No
Encoded At: CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
Normalize: None
Noise Reduction: None
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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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.-
Bringing together long-buried historical information and English's own
research in Havana - including interviews with the era's key survivors
- Havana Nocturne takes listeners back to Cuba in the years when it
was a veritable devil's playground for mob leaders Meyer Lansky and
Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Thanks to strong ties with the island's brutal
dictator, President Batista, the mob soon owned the biggest luxury hotels
and casinos and launched an unprecedented tourist boom.
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.
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