Scot from S.C. Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 I hope that I am not rehashing a previous topic, but I just found this book on Amazon today, and I went ahead and ordered the hardcover. This book came out late last year, and the paperback is due out in November of this year. There is a television series in the works too. Anyway, I know most of us have an obvious love of Miami Vice and the movie Scarface, so this book looks like a winner. Here is the description I copied from Amazon: "The wild, true story of the Mutiny, the hotel and club that embodied the decadence of Miami’s cocaine cowboys heyday—and an inspiration for the blockbuster film, Scarface... 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." The book was written by Roben Farzad. I can't wait to read it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 It was mentioned here recently: 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot from S.C. Posted July 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Ugh...thanks for the information! I typed in the search box first before posting, but didn't see anything. I hate to rehash exhausted topics, and I thank you for the response. Edited July 30, 2018 by Scot from S.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Scot from S.C. said: Ugh...thanks for the information! I typed in the search box first before posting, but didn't see anything. I hate to rehash exhausted topics, and I thank you for the response. I’m the same way, but it’s gonna happen. I’m sure at least one person here saw/will see your post and it was/will be news to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamijimf Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) No problem Scott, it's a good subject. For one thing members have always wondered where PMT lived. Edited July 30, 2018 by miamijimf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 So was the Mutiny hotel torn down? Still there? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot from S.C. Posted October 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 I think it is still up and running. Here is the official website link: https://www.providentresorts.com/the-mutiny-hotel-miami Here are some interesting links on it: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/roben-farzads-hotel-scarface-describes-miami-in-all-its-cocaine-glory-9753327 https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvjmx5/scarface-was-inspired-by-this-lavish-coke-fueled-hotel It would be neat to stay a night there just to take it all in. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Calderon Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) I have this book but i didnt read yet. I think the american desperado book could be more interesting. Edited October 9, 2020 by Mr. Calderon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 i'm really interested into feedback about hotel scarface too. is it a book just about VIP orgies, or does it have something really interesting into it. american desperado is pretty trashy from what i read. i didn't read it, but it's seems it's just a book about a sociopath acts. the guy we see in cocaine cowboys Jon Roberts looks pretty friendly in the documentary, but it seems in fact the guy was a sick sociopath. i mean a really f..ed up person. this is what i read in the book reviews at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie C. Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 It's actually a pretty good book on the whole. Not a heavy history, but also not a tabloid book. Covers it pretty much from beginning to end. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Robbie C. said: It's actually a pretty good book on the whole. Your approval is enough for me, Sir. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie C. Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Dadrian said: Your approval is enough for me, Sir. It's not hard history or anything. I'd say it reads more like a New Yorker-style piece on the hotel and the lifestyle that created it. The guy who wrote it interviewed a fair number of people, including some of the waitresses who worked in the place. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Thank you Robbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 12/30/2020 at 2:09 AM, Robbie C. said: It's not hard history or anything. I'd say it reads more like a New Yorker-style piece on the hotel and the lifestyle that created it. The guy who wrote it interviewed a fair number of people, including some of the waitresses who worked in the place. Great to know - Thankyou ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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