Rothstein

Near the end, I finally had to abandon this too-long, too-slow, too-discursive "biography" of Jewish gangster Arnold Rothstein. Rothstein is a fascinating figure and the times he lived in are amazing, and there are a lot of great anecdotes in this book. But I'm afraid the overall information is too......more

This book meanders and often goes in tangents, but it reflects crime, gambling,corruption, and politics in the country, specifically NYC, in the 1920’s. My attraction was the detailed investigation involving the Black Sox Scandal .......more

David Pietrusza gives the reader a very detailed account of the life and times of one of America's most successful criminals of organized crime in "Rothstein the Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series." It is well-researched and pulls together a narrative that......more