The Last Good Time: Skinny D'Amato the Notorious 500 Club and the Rise and Fall of Atlantic City - Couverture rigide

Van Meter, Jonathan

 
9780747559207: The Last Good Time: Skinny D'Amato the Notorious 500 Club and the Rise and Fall of Atlantic City
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ISBN 10 : 0747559201 ISBN 13 : 9780747559207
Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2003

Synopsis

In the style of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, with the glamour of Ratpack Confidential and the intrigue and sleaze of the Sopranos, Jonathan van Meter has woven a stunning work of narrative non-fiction, set around one family amidst the alternately glamorous, seedy and forbidding Atlantic City. The Last Good Time tells the story of Skinny D'Amato and his daughter Paulajane. A close friend of Cubby Broccoli, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin, and a de facto member of the rat pack, Skinny was the owner of the famous nightspot the 500 Club, and someone who made millions when legal gambling started in Atlantic City. He died in seclusion, smoking five packs of cigarettes a day, after his family became mired in scandal. The author moved to Atlantic City as a young man and became involved in the drama of the D'Amato family and the seedy underworld they inhabited. His portrait of the city moves from its shabby boardwalk to the glittering Trump casinos to the faded, upper-class Bay Club and the gay bars on New York Avenue, haunted by the spectre of the Mob.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jonathan van Meter is a contributing editor of American Vogue, and a regular contributor to the New York Times magazine. He has written for Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Tatler, Esquire and the Sunday Times magazine. He has appeared regularly on US TV as well as appearing on the Ruby Wax Show in the UK, and started his writing career with a job on the Atlantic City magazine.

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Éditeur
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0747559201
ISBN 13 
9780747559207
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780609608777: The Last Good Time: Skinny D'Amato, the Notorious 500 Club, and the Rise and Fall of Atlantic City

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0609608770 ISBN 13 :  9780609608777
Editeur : Crown Pub, 2003
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