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The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon

The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon - Paperback

by John Paul Rathbone
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Availability:In StockContributor:John Paul RathboneAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2011-07-26Pages:322
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143119333ISBN-10:143119338UPC:9780143119333Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Business, Historical, Caribbean & West IndiesBook Topic:CubaSize:8.01 x 5.92 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCHTFVTDHY
"Fascinating...A richly detailed portrait." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

Known in his day as the King of Sugar, Julio Lobo was the wealthiest man in prerevolutionary Cuba. He had a life fit for Hollywood: he barely survived both a gangland shooting and a firing squad, and courted movie stars such as Joan Fontaine and Bette Davis. Only when he declined Che Guevara's personal offer to become Minister of Sugar in the Communist regime did Lobo's decades-long reign in Cuba come to a dramatic end. Drawing on stories from the author's own family history and other tales of the island's lost haute bourgeoisie, The Sugar King of Havana is a rare portrait of Cuba's glittering past--and a hopeful window into its future.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143119333ISBN-10:143119338UPC:9780143119333Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Business, Historical, Caribbean & West IndiesBook Topic:CubaSize:8.01 x 5.92 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCHTFVTDHY
John Paul Rathbone was born in New York and raised in England. Currently the Financial Times' Latin American editor, and a former editor of the FT's prestigious "Lex" column, he is a graduate of Oxford and Columbia Universities, and has worked as an economist at the World Bank, and as a journalist. His articles have appeared in many publications including The Wall Street Journal, Britain's Sunday Telegraph, Colombia's El Espectador and Esquire magazine, where he was business columnist from 2002-2003. He lives in London.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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