No doubt about it: T.J. English is one of our great gangster chroniclers. Here he takes on a crime story with an added degree of difficulty: the mob’s role in Cuba’s casinos just as Fidel Castro was ascending to power, changing the island (and, frankly, American politics) forever. I know next-to-nothing about the Cuban Revolution so take that for what it’s worth; my competency in fact checking English’s work here is not up to a high standard. Still, I felt like English did a great […]
's CBR14 Review No:96 ·
Genres: History, Non-Fiction ·
Tags: #history, Cuba, cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Havana, Havana Nocturne, mafia, Meyer Lansky, Santo Trafficante, T.J. English, true crime ·
