Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

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

Table Of Contents

Heaven in Hell -- Monkey in the middle -- Snow in Miami -- Table 14 -- DMZ disco -- Busting Batabanó -- Monkey in the cage -- "God bless America!" -- Dadeland -- Entrar: lost muchachos -- Our man in Panama -- Muchachos Corp. -- Cocaine capitalism -- Making love, not war -- Summa cum laude -- Recruiting Ralphie -- Spring of 'eighty -- Reheating the Cold War -- Mariel & Co. -- The Marlboro meng -- Ricardo's morals -- Aliases -- Murder City, USA -- Tick-talks -- The big haul -- Investments -- Shooting to kill -- The cartel whisperer -- Hunting "El Loco" -- You find yourself in 'eighty-two -- A farewell salute -- Miami versus Montana -- A marked monkey -- Yo soy Scarface -- By the numbers -- Boys in the grove -- Burton bolts -- New coke -- MIA to LA -- The Mutiny's last stand -- Cocaine, cannons, commies -- Shipwrecked -- The hunt for Willie and Sal -- Empire strikes back -- A busted fraternity -- Undercover Sal -- Sunrise, sunset -- Bloody 'ninety-two -- The hit list -- Miami's trial of the century -- The best justice that money can buy -- Empire strikes back II -- Miami vice comes to life -- Rematch -- Sequestration -- Afterword

Target audience

adult

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