Gerald Posner - Miami Babylon

Interview from Miami Book Fair, Int'l 2009 Here, in all its neon-colored, cocaine-fueled glory, is the never-before-told story of the making of Miami Beach. Gerald Posner, author of the groundbreaking investigations Case Closed and Why America Slept, has uncovered the hair-raising political-financial-criminal history of the Beach and reveals a tale that, in the words of one character, "makes Scarface look like a documentary." Gerald Posner is the Chief Investigative Reporter for The Daily Beast and author of ten best-selling books, including his investigation into the JFK assassination, Case Closed, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is “an investigative journalist whose work is marked by his thorough and meticulous research.” – The Boston Globe. Posner’s latest book is Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power – A Dispatch From the Beach (Simon & Schuster).