Reviews

King of the Jews by Nick Tosches

joebu14's review

informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

2.25

cmcrockford's review

3.0

Maybe too ambitious but I don't mind there's this much good writing on New York, history, Judaism, and trying to capture something that's been gone for a very long time.

vaderbird's review

1.0

I was expecting a biography of Rothman not a religious belief debate.

2000ace's review

5.0

Oh yeah, Arnold Rothstein, the first Jewish organized crime boss, rum runner, and helluva guy. In many ways, this is Nick Tosches' paean to New York, and a lot of it is a straight-up rant, done in the style that only Nick and Lester Bangs can achieve, This is the 4 a.m. chain-smoking, thirteenth whiskey kind of writing that makes me yearn for more.