So begins Nick Tosches's sprawling biography of Arnold Rothstein, which, in fact, Is so much not only an elegy to old New York but an idiosyncratic history of the world as told in Mick Tosches's inimitable style.
Now in King of the Jews , Nick Tosches, "one of the greatest living writers in America" ( Dallas Observer ), examines Rothstein's extraordinary legacy by placing him at the center of nothing less than the history of the entire Western World.
Nick Tosches is the acclaimed author of many books, including biographies of Jerry Lee Lewis, Dean Martin, and Sonny Liston. He writes for numerous periodicals, including Vanity Fair, where he is a contributing editor. He lives in New York City.