The life, times, and murder of the criminal genius who fixed the 1919 world series.
The model for The Great Gatsby?s Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls, Arnold Rothstein was an underworld genius, racketeer, rumrunner, and mastermind who, as F. Scott Fitzgerald observed, played ?with the faith of fifteen million people with the single-mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe.? Jazz Age Broadway with its thugs, speakeasies, showgirls, political movers and shakers, and sports heroes comes to life in this vibrant biography of the man who reigned supreme when the fast buck ruled and violence stalked the streets of Gotham.
?Colorful biography . . . . True crime, evil doings, and monumental double-crossing by the Irish, the Italians, the Jews, and the Machine in a savory account of the legendary bad old days.? ?Kirkus Reviews |
