TITLE:
Hotel Scarface : where cocaine cowboys partied and plotted to control Miami / Roben Farzad.
By:
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York : New American Library,
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xviii, 332 p., [8] plates : ill.
Geographic Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index.
Summary:
In the seventies, coke hit Miami with the full force of a hurricane, and no place attracted dealers and dopers like Coconut Grove's Mutiny at Sailboat Bay. It was a hotel and club that embodied the decadence of Miami's cocaine cowboys heyday-- and an inspiration for the film, Scarface. Three waves of Cuban immigrants vied to dominate the trafficking, but as the kilos-- and bodies-- began to pile up, the Mutiny became target number one for law enforcement. Farzad examines a city high on excess and greed, and offers a view of the rise and fall of cocaine-- and the Mutiny-- in Miami.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781592409280
