Bibliograph

Hotel Scarface, where cocaine cowboys partied and plotted to control Miami, Roben Farzad

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Label

Hotel Scarface, where cocaine cowboys partied and plotted to control Miami, Roben Farzad

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hotel Scarface

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

983799051

Responsibility statement

Roben Farzad

Sub title

where cocaine cowboys partied and plotted to control Miami

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 an unprecedented view of the rise and fall of cocaine-- and the Mutiny-- in Miami

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