Hotel Scarface by Roben Farzad

   

Hotel Scarface
By: Roben Farzad 
Print Length: 352 pages

• Publisher: Berkley (October 17, 2017)
• Publication Date: October 17, 2017
• Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC

This is a 4-star reading. Based on research depth, plot and author’s storytelling. 

“In the seventies, coke hit Miami with the full force of a hurricane, and no place attracted dealers and dopers like Coconut Grove’s Mutiny at Sailboat Bay. Hollywood royalty, rock stars, and models flocked to the hotel’s club to order bottle after bottle of Dom and to snort lines alongside narcos, hit men, and gunrunners, all while marathon orgies burned upstairs in elaborate fantasy suites.
 
Amid the boatloads of powder and cash reigned the new kings of Miami: three waves of Cuban immigrants vying to dominate the trafficking of one of the most lucrative commodities ever known to man. But as the kilos—and bodies—began to pile up, the Mutiny became target number one for law enforcement.
 
Based on exclusive interviews and never-before-seen documents, Hotel Scarface is a portrait of a city high on excess and greed, an extraordinary work of investigative journalism offering an unprecedented view of the rise and fall of cocaine—and the Mutiny—in Miami.”

Living in Florida for a total of 12 years and visiting my sister, who lives in Miami. I’ve always wondered what Miami was like in the earlier days. I was excited to read about its history in the late 70’s and 80’s. I knew Miami was the vibe for the rich and famous, just didn’t know how integrated the rich and famous and the drug lords were. 

Hotel Scarface was intriguing— the ins and outs of the world of drugs, and controlling the realm of greed and excess, the way the people who worked for the Drug Lords lived. Their life was hazy, dangerous and fluid. 

Roben Farzad, of Full Disclosure (PBS) fame, did a fantastic job at researching the history of Miami- the inside look at the players, the Mutiny and its role in the world of Cocaine conspiracies and death. I’ve been to the Mutiny and so reading about its history was an eye-opening experience. Miami Vice- the television show has nothing on this book. 

I would like to thank Penguin First to Read for the opportunity to read this book.

*I received this ebook through Penguin's First To Read ARC for my honest review.