Sugar Time

When Fidel Castro came to powerin 1959 Cuba supplied the U.S. with one third of its sugar. Castro quicklyalienated President Dwight D. Eisenhower by illegally expropriating theproperty owned by U.S. citizens and corporations. The Cuban economy quicklybegan to collapse and thousands of Cuban citizens, stripped of their propertyrights and their personal dignity, began to seek refuge in America. One familyhad a plan to finance their new life in America with a nest egg derived fromtheir illicit sales of cigarettes and liquor, which commanded a high price inHavana's burgeoning black market. Time begins to work against them whenEisenhower invokes an embargo on the import of Cuban sugar. Then, a newopportunity presented itself - a daring and bizarre robbery of the sugarrefinery payroll in the Queens Plaza subway station. The perpetrators madetheir escape leaving their naked victim bound and gagged in the station men'sroom. The author of this historically accurate novel provides us with a newtwist in a fast paced, penetrating, and humorous reconstruction of thisunsolved and widely reported crime, the times, and the characters involved inthe gritty Queens neighborhoods where it all took place.