Who would've thought Tony Montana, the vicious Cuban immigrant gangster and drug kingpin, would have a son? One more cunning, ruthless and ornery than himself, who would grow up to one day seek retribution for his father's murder and punish his nemesis. Ricardo "Ricky" Montana is decisive, brutal, deceptive and unforgiving in his endeavor to avenge his father's death. Follow Ricky, the son of Tony, on his fast paced epic journey through the five boroughs of the "Big Apple," down to the "Sunshine State" and around the world on his quest to climb the greased ladder of the drug world. Go with him as he rises to the top of its upper echelon and unmercifully avenges his father's slaying.
A Memoir by the Grandson of Al Capone is a journal of the grandson of the most notorious gangster in American History. Chris W Knight chronicles his courageous search to find the truth behind the lies, the deceptions and the heartaches. Torn between denying the family bloodline and embracing it, he finds himself forced to confront a dual identity, that he is not only the grandchild of a celebrity, but the grandchild of America's most notorious and infamous Mob boss. Book jacket.
The Son of Scarface By: Stanley L. Battle After Antonio Montero is killed, Gena is left alone, pregnant, and addicted to drugs. Her life turns around when she falls for Dr. Shawn Bomoski. Their married life in Detroit seems to be a fairytale and Shawn is eager to raise Gena’s son as his own. But drugs and violence lurk underneath this perfect world. Shawn works for the Sorcerer, the kingpin of Las Vegas. When Shawn is arrested for murdering a police detective, he sets off an explosive series of events that puts his family and the Detroit drug game in danger. Young Antonio, the true son of Scarface, grows up in a world of blood and violence. But nothing will compare to what happens when he is ready to take his throne… Filled with grit and gore, romance and comedy, The Son of Scarface is an action-packed adventure with turns you won’t see coming. Hold on – if you can.
Kingpin Shawn Bomoski recommences with his street disciple Alvin Stone still trying to conceal identities that must remain undisclosed and any hard evidence associated with his criminalities. The police are devoted to shutting down Shawn and his entire operation no matter what his counteractions may be, how many detectives, or years it takes to wipe them off the map. It seems every time Shawn overcomes one obstacle, another obstacle cripples him in his tracks. The more street commission that Shawn and Alvin gain causes them to lose sight of the #1 street principle; no matter what trust no one. A lot of lives are cut short, but that's just the way the game goes. With a powerful bloodline, it's only genetic for Antonio Montero's son to be just as powerful and lethal as his father and his stepfather. Now that Antonio is all grown up, and making key moves in the drug world like father like son, his dark past begins to unfold right before his very dangerous eyes. As the son of Scarface, Antonio has a lot to avenge. Question is will he be vengeful with an adrenaline rush of anger or will he play it smart and become public enemy number one?
Everyone thought Tony Montana died when his mansion was raided, but it takes more than being shot in the back and falling off a balcony to stop ol' Scarface. So what really happened to Tony? He retired from the drug game and became a stay-at-home dad. Say hello to Tony's new little friend: His newborn son! In this adult activity storybook, Tony now has mountains of baby powder on his desk, and when he takes someone for a ride, it's the Dumbo ride at Disneyland. The only thing that gives Tony orders is babies. Babies, you got that?
"Don't get high on your own supply." Brian de Palma's brash, bloody version of Scarface was trashed by critics when it came out twenty-five years ago and didn't do well at the box office, but has become a spectacular fan favorite and enduring pop culture classic since. "Never underestimate the greed of the other guy." What makes millions of people obsess over this movie? Why has Al Pacino's Tony Montana become the drug kingpin whose pugnacity and philosophy are revered in boardrooms and bedrooms across America? Who were the people that made the movie, influencing hip-hop style and swagger to this day? "The world is yours." Scarface Nation is Ken Tucker's homage to all things Scarface—from the stars that acted in it to the influence it's had on all of us, from facts, figures and stories about the making of the movie to a witty and comprehensive look at Scarface's traces in today's pop and political culture. "Say hello to my li'l fren!" You know you love the line. You know you've seen the movie more than once. Now dive into the ultimate book of Scarface—mounded as high as the pile of cocaine on Tony's desk with delicious details and stimulating observations. "You know what capitalism is? F--- you!"
Maurice Coons, writing under the pseudonym Armitage Trail, gathered the elements for 'Scarface' when living in Chicago, where he became acquainted with many local Sicilian gangs. He prowled the murky streets of Chicago's gangland with a friend every night for two years, returning home to put to paper and write a book which somewhat documented his experiences.
The new definitive history of gangster-era Chicago–a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller. Now featuring a new preface, plus 115 photographs and a map of gangland Chicago. A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year “Gripping. ... Reads like a novel.” —Chicago “Revolutionizes our understanding of Al Capone and Eliot Ness." —Matthew Pearl In 1929, thirty-year-old gangster Al Capone ruled both Chicago's underworld and its corrupt government. To a public who scorned Prohibition, "Scarface" became a local hero and national celebrity. But after the brutal St. Valentine's Day Massacre transformed Capone into "Public Enemy Number One," the federal government found an unlikely new hero in a twenty-seven-year-old Prohibition agent named Eliot Ness. Chosen to head the legendary law enforcement team known as "The Untouchables," Ness set his sights on crippling Capone's criminal empire. Today, no underworld figure is more iconic than Al Capone and no lawman as renowned as Eliot Ness. Yet in 2016 the Chicago Tribune wrote, "Al Capone still awaits the biographer who can fully untangle, and balance, the complexities of his life," while revisionist historians have continued to misrepresent Ness and his remarkable career. Enter Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz, a unique and vibrant writing team combining the narrative skill of a master novelist with the scholarly rigor of a trained historian. Collins is the New York Times bestselling author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition. Schwartz is a rising-star historian whose work anticipated the fake-news phenomenon. Scarface and the Untouchable draws upon decades of primary source research—including the personal papers of Ness and his associates, newly released federal files, and long-forgotten crime magazines containing interviews with the gangsters and G-men themselves. Collins and Schwartz have recaptured a bygone bullet-ridden era while uncovering the previously unrevealed truth behind Scarface's downfall. Together they have crafted the definitive work on Capone, Ness, and the battle for Chicago.
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.
An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his complicated New York childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface. Before the international success of Platoon in 1986, Oliver Stone had been wounded as an infantryman in Vietnam, and spent years writing unproduced scripts while driving taxis in New York, finally venturing westward to Los Angeles and a new life. Stone, now 73, recounts those formative years with in-the-moment details of the high and low moments: We see meetings with Al Pacino over Stone's scripts for Scarface, Platoon, and Born on the Fourth of July; the harrowing demon of cocaine addiction following the failure of his first feature, The Hand (starring Michael Caine); his risky on-the-ground research of Miami drug cartels for Scarface; his stormy relationship with The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino; the breathless hustles to finance the acclaimed and divisive Salvador; and tensions behind the scenes of his first Academy Award-winning film, Midnight Express. Chasing the Light is a true insider's look at Hollywood's years of upheaval in the 1970s and '80s.
