Мафия в Гаване

This is a moving, poignant portrait of the Caribbean mafia empire when Havana served as a haven for the rich and the scum. Capturing every detail of the drama with a tenacious and sharp eye, award-winning writer Enrique Sirules recreates the devilishly glamorous and impossibly dark world of Sinatra and chorus girls, mambo and marijuana, corrupt politicians and police manipulated by dark characters like "Lucky" Luciano and Meir Lansky.

In this comprehensive and exhaustive study of the Cuban criminal underworld, the author reveals and shows us the close ties that existed between the Mafia, the economic interests of the United States and the intelligence agencies, and their dominance, imposed and maintained by often the most brutal methods in pre-revolutionary Cuba.

"Mafia in Havana" received the "Casa de las Americas" Award in 1994. In addition, the book includes impressive photographs of some of the famous figures and personalities of that era, who often traveled to Havana before the 1959 Revolution.