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King of the Jews : The Greatest Mob Story Never Told by Nick Tosches (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060936002
ISBN-139780060936006
eBay Product ID (ePID)50353442
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Book TitleKing of the Jews : the Greatest Mob Story Never Told
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicRich & Famous, Cultural Heritage, Murder / General, General, Criminal Law / General, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling), Criminals & Outlaws
GenreLaw, True Crime, Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorNick Tosches
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
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Reviews"Unbelievable. I read everything by Nick Tosches." - Johnny Depp "Tosches has produced one bruiser of a book . . . riveting," - Library Journal "Nick Tosches is a powerfully unconventional biographer . . . he has thundered passionately, lyrically, and even biblically, sometimes about characters who may not at first appear likely to solicit such treatment . . . [Tosches] has fun tearing down every previous book on his subject, showing them all to be made up of twice-told tales, if not of whole cloth." - New York Times Book Review "[Tosches] gets to some sort of (spiritual?) essence of the man and his times." - San Diego Union-Tribune
SynopsisFlamboyant mobster Arnold Rothstein was gambling and money. He was the inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls. It was rumored he masterminded the 1919 World Series fix. He was Mr. Broadway, a king of corruption holding court from his private booth at Lindy's Restaurant. In this lively, sprawling biography, the inimitable Nick Tosches -- "one of the greatest living American writers" (Dallas Observer) -- examines the myth and extraordinary legacy of Arnold Rothstein. It is an elegy to old New York that places an iconic, larger-than-life criminal kingpin firmly at the center of nothing less than the history of the entire Western world., Flamboyant mobster Arnold Rothstein was gambling and money. He was the inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls . It was rumored he masterminded the 1919 World Series fix. He was Mr. Broadway, a king of corruption holding court from his private booth at Lindy's Restaurant. In this lively, sprawling biography, the inimitable Nick Tosches -- "one of the greatest living American writers" ( Dallas Observer ) -- examines the myth and extraordinary legacy of Arnold Rothstein. It is an elegy to old New York that places an iconic, larger-than-life criminal kingpin firmly at the center of nothing less than the history of the entire Western world., This is the sprawling biography of Arnold Rothstein, a mythical New Yorker who was the inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in "The Great Gatsby" and Nathan Detroit in "Guys and Dolls." Rothstein was also rumored to be the mastermind of the Black Sox scandal, the fixing of the 1919 World Series.
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Thought it to be like a bio of Rothstein more references to the bible than gangstersVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
