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by Nick Tosches

Author: Nick Tosches
Publisher: Ecco (May 3, 2005)
Language: English
Pages: 336
ePub: 1692 kb
Fb2: 1747 kb
Rating: 4.4
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Category: History
Subcategory: Americas
King of the Jews book.
King of the Jews book. So begins Nick Tosches's sprawling biography of Arnold Rothstein, which, in fact, is so much more: not only an elegy to old New York but an idiosyncratic history of the world as told in Nick Tosches's inimitable style. Known by many names - A. Mr. Big, The Fixer, The Big Bankroll, The Man Uptown, and The Brain - Rothstein seemed more myth than man.
So begins Nick Tosches 's sprawling biography of Arnold Rothstein, which, in fact, is so much more: not only an elegy to old New York but an idiosyncratic history of the world as told in Nick Tosches's inimitable style.
King of the Jews (Nick Tosches book). King of the Jews is a book by Nick Tosches. On the surface it is a biography of Arnold Rothstein, the man who reputedly fixed the 1919 World Series, inspired the characters of Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, and created the modern system of organized crime.
Tosches' first book, Country: The Biggest Music in America (later retitled Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock and Roll), was first published in 1977. It was followed in 1982 by Hellfire, a biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, and in 1984 by Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth of Rock in the Wild Years Before Elvis. 2005 – King of the Jews.
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A work of dangerous and haunting beauty by America's last real literary outlaw. Under Tiberius is a thrilling story of crime and deceit involving the man who came to be called Jesus Christ. Deep in the recesses of the Vatican, Nick Tosches unearths a first-century memoir by Gaius Fulvius Falconius, foremost speechwriter for Emperor Tiberius. The codex is profound, proof of the existence of a Messiah who was anything but the one we've known - a shabby and licentious thief
King of the Jews is a book by Nick Tosches. Jews or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is th. ccording to Jewish tradition, Jacob was the father of the tribes of Israel.
Nick Tosches has written: 'Unsung heroes of rock 'n' roll' - subject(s): Rock music, Rock musicians, Biography . There was an article in Vanity Fair titled The Devil and Sidney Korshak written by Nick Tosches that is being turned into a mini-series on HBO and produced by Robert Evans.
There was an article in Vanity Fair titled The Devil and Sidney Korshak written by Nick Tosches that is being turned into a mini-series on HBO and produced by Robert Evans. If somebody could post the article online it would be greatly appreciated.
So begins Nick Tosches's sprawling biography of Arnold Rothstein, which, in fact, is so much more: not only an elegy to old New York but an idiosyncratic history of the world as told in Nick Tosches's inimitable style.
Known by many names -- A. R., Mr. Big, The Fixer, The Big Bankroll, The Man Uptown, and The Brain -- Rothstein seemed more myth than man. He was gambling, and he was money. The inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, he was rumored to be the mastermind of the Black Sox scandal, the fixing of the 1919 World Series. He was Mr. Broadway and had his own booth at Lindy's Restaurant in Manhattan, where he held court.
Now, in King of the Jews, Nick Tosches, "one of the greatest living American writers" (Dallas Observer), examines Rothstein's extraordinary legacy by placing him at the center of nothing less than the history of the entire Western world.