John Paul Rathbone
Författare till The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon
Om författaren
Verk av John Paul Rathbone
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Kön
- male
- Yrken
- journalist
columnist
editor - Organisationer
- Esquire
Financial Times
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Statistik
- Verk
- 2
- Medlemmar
- 152
- Popularitet
- #137,198
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 1
- ISBN
- 11
The book tells of Lobo's rise from his childhood at the time of the Spanish-American War through his the building of his empire in the 1930's and 1940's to the inevitable fall after FIdel Castro came to power in 1959. Along the way he paints a vivid portrait of a country and a way of life that is long gone and now only seen in history books and depictions in the movies.
At times, the book got way too detailed about the machinations of Lobo's speculative deals, but Rathbone's vivid portrait of Cuba in the "old days" more than made up for that failing.… (mer)