John Paul Rathbone
Auteur van The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon
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Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geslacht
- male
- Beroepen
- journalist
columnist
editor - Organisaties
- Esquire
Financial Times
Leden
Besprekingen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 2
- Leden
- 151
- Populariteit
- #137,935
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 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.… (meer)