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Overview

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.

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Through most of the 1950s, Cuba was ruled by brutal dictator Fulgencio Batista. In Havana, however, a second government, no less powerful and no less brutal, ruled. Mob bosses Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano turned the island's largest city into a devil's playground of gambling, prostitution, and drugs. In Havana Nocturne, T. J. English recounts a time when American gangsters plied their savage trade just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
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“Engaging….English’s brand of narrative is history, and he aims to set the record straight.”
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“It’s a roaring story, equal parts fact and myth, and for the first time, it gets told in its violent entirety by no less a crime scribe than T.J. English…compellingly telling.”

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780061712746
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 6/9/2009
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 432
  • Sales rank: 167,880
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Meet the Author

T.J. English is the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, Paddy Whacked, The Westies, and Born to Kill, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. His screenwriting credits include TV episodes of NYPD Blue and Homicide, for which he was awarded the Humanitas Prize. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents


Introduction     xiii
Mobster Mambo
Feeling Lucky     3
The Mob's Playground     30
El Judio Maravilloso (The Marvelous Jew)     51
Well-Charactered People     72
Razzle-Dazzle     93
The Ghost of Jose Marti     115
Gambler's Paradise     139
La Enganadora (the Deceiver)
Arrivederci, Roma     161
A Bullet for El Presidente     183
Carnival of Flesh     205
Tropical Vengeance     226
A Handmade Woman     247
The Sun Almost Rises     268
"Get the Money"     289
Epilogue     321
Acknowledgments     331
Appendix     335
Notes     337
Sources     369
Index     381
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  • Posted May 20, 2009

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    The Good Old Days

    Well written, well researched. A peek into how the mob ran Cuba and came close to establishing their very own country. The book has the usual suspects; Lansky, Castro, Battista, Luciano, etc., but also focuses on lesser known Cuban players and on the island. The mob screwed it up, the government screwed it up, and fifty years on we still can't go there. A pity. Sounded like a great place.

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  • Posted June 6, 2009

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    True crime author T.J. English provides a fascinating look at the Mafia in Cuba from the end of WW II to the Communist takeover

    Just after WWII, the American government deported Mafia boss "Lucky" Luciano sending him home to Sicily. However, instead of crossing the Atlantic, Luciano landed in Cuba where financial genius Meyer Lansky was setting up shop. Cuban dictator Batista and the island's laws encouraged gambling investment. Soon Havana became the center of gambling, prostitution, and nightclubs while also turning into the central bank of mob activities in North America. Tourism flourished. While the United States struggled with the beginning of the civil rights movement in the 1950s, Havana was the true melting pot, as the Mafia welcomed anyone willing to spend. Everything collapses when Castro's revolution kicks Battista and the mob off the island in 1959.

    True crime author T.J. English provides a fascinating look at the Mafia in Cuba from the end of WW II to the Communist takeover. His theory is that Batista worked for Luciano as opposed to the prevalent belief that the mob chief was a welcomed "guest" of the dictator as long as he paid for the privilege. Fans will enjoy the deep look at the mob controlled activities in Havana and the author's contention of "How the Mob Owned Cuba ... And Then Lost It to the Revolution".

    Harriet Klausner

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 6, 2008

    Compelling read, even if you're not a Mafia buff

    I've never really been fascinated by real-life tales of gangsters, but a recent re-watching of ''The Godfather, Part II'' happened to coincide with the publication of this book, so I gave it a shot. T.J. English's new book is so much more than a Mob-related history. There's political intrigue, the economics of tourism, gambling, and sugarcane, Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, and an astounding [for the time] level of cultural intermingling as whites, blacks, and Latinos came together at the Mafia-run hotels, casinos, and nightclubs in the 1950s. Even if you don't normally spring for titles in the True Crime section, make an exception for this one.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 14, 2008

    Great book for anyone interested the Italian Mafia and its involvement in both Cubas nightlife and in its government

    I have a huge interest in both the Italian mafia and in latin/hispanic history, so this book was a fantastic look at how both intermixed. It gives excellent detail and background of all the major players including Luciano, Lansky, Batista and Castro, among others'even a bit about Frank Sinatra'. I particularly enjoyed that the author spoke in an objective tone. I would suggest this book to anyone with an interest in the mob or how American interests impacted Cuba during that time period.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 8, 2008

    Sheer Brilliance

    This is an amazing book that engrossed my attention from start to finish. The contents was well researched and exceptionally written. A must have book for any fan of the True Crime genre.

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  • Posted September 8, 2011

    A great guided tour of a singular time and place

    I really loved the parallel narratives of Fidel Castro and the mob figures who exploited Cuba with Batista's connivance; it is beautifully paced. The author brings to life the exciting and corrupt synthesis of culture, society, politics and greed in both Cuba and the United States that created this unique bubble of history.

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  • Posted February 9, 2010

    Havana Nocturne

    "HAVANA NOCTURNE" BY T.J. ENGLISH: THE BOOK REVEALS A GREAT DEAL OF CUBAN HISTORY AND CAUSES ONE TO WONDER A LOT OF WHAT "IF'S".
    THE REVOLUTION WAS SUCCESSFUL, BUT WHAT IF THE BATISTA REGIME HAD PREVAILED?? THE MAFIA WERE VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS MINDED INDIVIDUALS AND THEY HAD SERIOUS GOALS ON THEIR MINDS. CUBA WAS THEIR POTENTIAL UNLIMITEDED MECCA. HISTORY IS PRESENTED BY A GREAT AUTHOR, WHO DID HIS RESEARCH TO CAPTURE THE PAST BEFORE IT BECAME TOO ANCIENT. THIS REVEALED HOW ONE MAN, WITH A DIFFERENT IDEA AND CONCEPT ABOUT HIS BELOVED COUNTRY DRAMATICALLY CHANGED THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES TO PRESENT. CASTRO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS BAD OF A PERSON AS SOME PEOPLE GREW UP BELIEVING HE WAS, OR AS THE HISTORY BOOKS REPORT WITH OUT THE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT ORGANIZED CRIME HAD ACCOMPLISHED ON CUBAN SOIL.

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  • Posted January 16, 2010

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    HAVANA NOCTURNE

    THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT BOOK. I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE. IT GAVE THE HISTORY OF THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE MOB AND THE THEN GOVERNMENT OF CUBA.

    HAD IT BEEN DONE PROPERLY..AND THE "WEALTH" FROM THE DEALINGS OF THE MOB AND GOVERNMENT BEEN SPREAD AROUND TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE.... IT MAY HAVE WORKED!

    I FOUND IT KIND OF SIMILIAR TO ATLANTIC CITY, NJ...WHERE THE CASINOS WERE GOING TO PROVIDE JOBS TO THE PEOPLE OF ATLANTIC CITY; BUT INSTEAD ONLY THE PRIVILEGED GOT THE JOBS, AND THE AVERAGE PERSON STILL REMAINED IN THE SAME CONDITIONS OF POVERTY.

    IT'S THE SAME EVERYWHERE; THE FAT CATS REAP THE REWARDS, GOVERNMENTS ARE CROOKED; AND THE POOR EVERYDAY PERSON SUFFERS.

    I WILL READ A FOLLOW UP BOOK ON CUBA TO SEE HOW IT WAS WHEN FIDEL CASTRO TOOK OVER.

    THIS BOOK HAVANA NOCTURNE, SPARKED AN INTEREST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CUBA AND THE CUBAN PEOPLE.

    A FRIEND OF MINE (CUBAN) INSPIRED ME ALSO.
    PRIOR TO THIS BOOK; I KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT CUBA

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  • Posted August 10, 2009

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    Interesting History

    Intereting history of the people and events that led to the Cuban Revolution. Reads like a novel but it is factual.

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