The Corporation
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- $29.99
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- $29.99
Publisher Description
A fascinating, cinematic, multigenerational history of the Cuban mob in the US from "America’s top chronicler of organized crime"* and New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne.
By the mid 1980s, the criminal underworld in the United States had become an ethnic polyglot; one of the most powerful illicit organizations was none other than the Cuban mob. Known on both sides of the law as "the Corporation," the Cuban mob’s power stemmed from a criminal culture embedded in south Florida’s exile community—those who had been chased from the island by Castro’s revolution and planned to overthrow the Marxist dictator and reclaim their nation.
An epic story of gangsters, drugs, violence, sex, and murder rooted in the streets, The Corporation reveals how an entire generation of political exiles, refugees, racketeers, corrupt cops, hitmen, and their wives and girlfriends became caught up in an American saga of desperation and empire building. T. J. English interweaves the voices of insiders speaking openly for the first time with a trove of investigative material he has gathered over many decades to tell the story of this successful criminal enterprise, setting it against the larger backdrop of revolution, exile, and ethnicity that makes it one of the great American gangster stories that has been overlooked—until now.
Drawing on the detailed reporting and impressive volume of evidence that drive his bestselling works, English offers a riveting, in-depth look at this powerful and sordid crime organization and its hold in the US.
Customer Reviews
Simply Astonishing
I was first introduced to T.J. English in an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast with fellow guest Joey “Coco” Diaz. Since I’m a Cuban born in Havana, I was immediately intrigued by this book. Interesting enough, some of the characters of the book are people that comedian Joey Díaz heard of since his mom’s days as a bookkeeper in the bolita business. The Corporation is a masterpiece of a book, a story to be heard by the entire world. I recommend this book to all, especially to my fellow Cubans who may not know the full extend of the events talked about in this incredible story.