Havana Nocturne

副标题: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution

ISBN: 9780061712746

出版社: Harper Paperbacks

出版年: 2009-6-9

页数: 432

定价: USD 15.99

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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.

作者简介

托马斯·英格利希（T. J. English）出生于美国一个爱尔兰裔天主教家庭，在成为自由撰稿人之前，曾做过出租车司机、酒保等工作。擅长黑帮题材，1990年出版第一本专著《西帮分子》。2007年《纸醉金迷哈瓦那》出版后，引发了销售热潮，一举登上《纽约时报》畅销榜第七名，并在《华尔街日报》《今日美国》等报纸纷纷上榜，获得2009年“爱伦·坡奖”最佳罪案实录奖的提名。作为一名记者，英格利希也为《时尚先生》《花花公子》《纽约时报》等媒体撰稿，2010年荣获纽约新闻俱乐部奖；曾在美剧《纽约重案组》和《情理法的春天》中担任编剧，并因此获得著名的人道主义奖。目前常住纽约。

阎纪宇，资深译者。台湾中国时报国际新闻中心副主任。主要译作有《别对我撒谎》、《遮蔽的伊斯兰》、《非理性的魅惑》、《超级精英》、《永不屈服》等。

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