"Known by many names - A. R., Mr. Big, The Fixer, The Big Bankroll, The Man of Uptown, and The Brian - Arnold Rothstein seemed more a myth than a man. He was gambling, and he was money. The inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, he was rumored to be the mastermind of the Black Sox scandal, the fixing of the 1919 World Series. He was Mr. Broadway and has is own booth at Lindy's Restaurant in Manhattan, where he held court." "Now, in King of the Jews, Nick Tosches examines Rothstein's extraordinary legacy by placing him at the center of nothing less than the history of the entire Western world."--BOOK JACKET.