The Corporation, T. J. English
The Corporation, T. J. English
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The Corporation
An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld

Author: T. J. English

Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Unabridged: 19 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/20/2018


Synopsis

A fascinating, cinematic, multigenerational history of the Cuban mob in the US from ""America’s top chronicler of organized crime""* and New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne.By the mid 1980s, the criminal underworld in the United States had become an ethnic polyglot; one of the most powerful illicit organizations was none other than the Cuban mob. Known on both sides of the law as ""the Corporation,"" the Cuban mob’s power stemmed from a criminal culture embedded in south Florida’s exile community—those who had been chased from the island by Castro’s revolution and planned to overthrow the Marxist dictator and reclaim their nation.An epic story of gangsters, drugs, violence, sex, and murder rooted in the streets, The Corporation reveals how an entire generation of political exiles, refugees, racketeers, corrupt cops, hitmen, and their wives and girlfriends became caught up in an American saga of desperation and empire building. T. J. English interweaves the voices of insiders speaking openly for the first time with a trove of investigative material he has gathered over many decades to tell the story of this successful criminal enterprise, setting it against the larger backdrop of revolution, exile, and ethnicity that makes it one of the great American gangster stories that has been overlooked—until now.Drawing on the detailed reporting and impressive volume of evidence that drive his bestselling works, English offers a riveting, in-depth look at this powerful and sordid crime organization and its hold in the US.

About T. J. English

T. J. English is a noted journalist and author of the New York Times bestsellers Havana Nocturne, Paddy Whacked, The Savage City, and Where the Bodies Were Buried. He also authored The Westies, a national bestseller; Born to Kill, which was nominated for an Edgar Award; and The Corporation. His journalism has appeared in Esquire, Vanity Fair, Playboy, and New York magazine, among other publications. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

That moment when my father tells me not to review a book on the Cuban mafia and organized crime because "friends are implicated." #yikes......more

Goodreads review by Aleks

I thought it was a gripping book. I heard about it first on the Joe Rogan Podcast when the author was a guest. It's definitely an ambitious tale, you can tell by the length, time span, and the amount of characters it attempts to cover. The story of the Cuban mafia is a hidden gem, just like Bolita is......more

Goodreads review by Alan

This true crime book sucks you in from the very first page, illuminating the role of organized crime and gangsterism that is inseparable from the American Identity. TJ English not only recalls with exceptional detail the events surrounding the creation of the Cuban Mafia and their relationship to th......more