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

by John Paul Rathbone

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143119338
• ISBN13: 9780143119333
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher