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THE CORPORATION
An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
THE CORPORATION is a unique and true American gangster story that has never been fully told. The leader of "The Corporation" Jose Miguel Battle, Sr., ("El Padrino") was known as "The Godfather." He had been Batista's bag man, bringing him his cut from the gambling casinos when the Mafia ran Cuba. Battle escaped to the States where he and other Cubans were trained by the CIA to invade the country at the ill-fated Bay of Pigs.
The Godfather came out of that debacle as a certified hero to many Cuban-Americans. The core of the gang had been trained as a unit, and together formed "The Corporation." They started out running the popular numbers racket, known as "bolita," but soon moved on to money laundering and murder. Battle and his associates never gave up the dream of killing Castro and reclaiming Cuba; they became financiers of the anti-Castro movement. The Corporation would survive and grow until finally being brought down by a detective who pursued them relentlessly for years.
Film rights in the story are sold to Paramount, for Leonardo Di Caprio and Appian Way to produce. Benicio del Toro is attached to star as "El Padrino".
T. J. English is a noted journalist, a screenwriter, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Havana Nocturne, Paddy Whacked, and The Savage City, as well as of The Westies, a national bestseller, and Born to Kill, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. He has written for Vanity Fair, Playboy, and Esquire, among other publications. His screenwriting credits include episodes of the television crime dramas NYPD Blue and Homicide, for which he was awarded the Humanitas Prize
THE CORPORATION
Aufstieg und Fall der kubanischen Mafia.
Deutsch von Friedrich Mader
[HC Heyne 10/18]
The Godfather came out of that debacle as a certified hero to many Cuban-Americans. The core of the gang had been trained as a unit, and together formed "The Corporation." They started out running the popular numbers racket, known as "bolita," but soon moved on to money laundering and murder. Battle and his associates never gave up the dream of killing Castro and reclaiming Cuba; they became financiers of the anti-Castro movement. The Corporation would survive and grow until finally being brought down by a detective who pursued them relentlessly for years.
Film rights in the story are sold to Paramount, for Leonardo Di Caprio and Appian Way to produce. Benicio del Toro is attached to star as "El Padrino".
T. J. English is a noted journalist, a screenwriter, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Havana Nocturne, Paddy Whacked, and The Savage City, as well as of The Westies, a national bestseller, and Born to Kill, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. He has written for Vanity Fair, Playboy, and Esquire, among other publications. His screenwriting credits include episodes of the television crime dramas NYPD Blue and Homicide, for which he was awarded the Humanitas Prize
THE CORPORATION
Aufstieg und Fall der kubanischen Mafia.
Deutsch von Friedrich Mader
[HC Heyne 10/18]
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Published 2018-03-01 by William Morrow |