Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Hotel Scarface
Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami | Roben Farzad
6 posts | 2 read | 6 to read
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...
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
blurb
BillBlume
post image

Doing my reading prep for Wednesday‘s Writing Show. Continuing with Roben Farzad‘s Hotel Scarface, so naturally, I‘m listening to Miami Vice music. The book even feels like watching a Miami Vice episode. The writers on this panel are gonna be a lot of fun.

For Tickets: goo.gl/CDHsSS

#JRW18 #writers #RVA

quote
BillBlume
post image

When I married my wife, I knew I‘d always have to share a piece of her heart with Don Johnson. She‘s a huge Miami Vice fan, and she turned me into one, too. The series was more accurate than you might believe, and that includes the police side of things. Speaking as a 911 dispatcher, a good amount of the radio chatter in the background gets the lingo right. #MiamiVice #HotelScarface #drugs

Maewyn I was living in Ft.Lauderdale at the time Miami Vice was on air. I remember this news report of an actual hotel robbery and police chase ( Going on inside the hotel with police cars also outside.). This one couple interviewed sat out on their balcony in the hotel watching the whole thing because they thought it was an episode of the show being taped. 😳 7y
23 likes1 comment
blurb
Rhondareads
post image

Sounds like a wild read the book Scarface was based on drugs wild parties danger sounds great.Thanks @BerkleyPub

review
Christyco125
post image
Mehso-so

"Internationally wanted hit men and mercenaries chilled at the Mutiny. Frequent visitors kept their guns tucked in the cushions, and cases of cash and cocaine in their suites." It took me a bit to finish. I found I like my non-fiction in story form, this is not quite like that. It is set up that you can read a chapter and put it down. #sayhello #2017christyread #firsttoread #egalley

blurb
Christyco125

Interesting topic but I feel like I'm forcing myself to finish.

blurb
Cinfhen
post image

#GypsyKatsBirthdayWeek Saw a blurb for this Nonfiction book, coming out October 2017! Sounds like this was the epitome of #partytime back in the 70's!!! I'm looking forward to reading this true account 🤓

Yeah_I_Read I just got approved to read the ARC of this! Can't wait! 7y
Cinfhen Ooooh, cool!!! If you remember tag me with your review...so curious to hear more! @Yeah_I_Read (edited) 7y
GypsyKat Wow! This looks so interesting! My parties are NEVER that crazy! Haha! Thank you! 😂💗 7y
See All 6 Comments
Billypar This sounds good but I also want to read the true story of how the movie poster industry successfully marketed film stills of Al Pacino as Scarface to so many American college males (is this still a thing today?) Discussion and cultural critique of role models for young men would also be included 🤔 7y
emilyhaldi I'm in! 7y
LeahBergen That's a great cover! 7y
70 likes4 stack adds6 comments