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King of the Jews: The Greatest Mob Story Never Told

by Nick Tosches

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Arnold Rothstein at the center of old New York

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Arnold Rothstein at the center of old New York

Nick Tosches’s biography examines Arnold Rothstein through the worlds that shaped his public legend: gambling, money, Broadway, and the corruption associated with his name. The account also considers Rothstein’s afterlife in popular culture, including his connection to figures in *The Great Gatsby* and *Guys and Dolls*. The alleged role in the 1919 World Series fix is presented as rumor, not established fact. Together, these threads frame Rothstein as both a historical underworld figure and a subject through which Tosches explores the mythology surrounding old New York.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in biographies of historical underworld figures.
  • Readers curious about the intersection of crime, gambling, and Broadway-era New York.
  • Readers interested in the real-life figures associated with *The Great Gatsby* and *Guys and Dolls*.

Themes

Organized crime and corruptionGambling and moneyOld New YorkBiography and cultural mythology

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Book overview

Flamboyant mobster Arnold Rothstein was gambling and money. He was the inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls. It was rumored he masterminded the 1919 World Series fix. He was Mr. Broadway, a king of corruption holding court from his private booth at Lindy's Restaurant.

In this lively, sprawling biography, the inimitable Nick Tosches -- "one of the greatest living American writers" (Dallas Observer) -- examines the myth and extraordinary legacy of Arnold Rothstein. It is an elegy to old New York that places an iconic, larger-than-life criminal kingpin firmly at the center of nothing less than the history of the entire Western world.

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