Smoke

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Soil. Sun. Defiance. </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Desire</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>

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<p>In the 1990s, American interest in Cuban cigars had reached historic levels—and S<strong>cott Anthony</strong> was in the middle of it. The head of an underground Cuban cigar empire, Scott was born into a world of scarce resources and few role models, where joining a street gang was easy and staying out of prison was hard.</p>

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scott’s story is one of risk and reward, shadowy deals and sunlit beaches, meticulous craftsmanship and brazen criminality. In </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smoke</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Scott shares this story and how, through unyielding persistence, he defied borders, laws, and morality to bring a taste of forbidden luxury to those who craved it. Read about how a street kid from Chicago went from a life of crime to one of redemption, using ingenuity and determination to shape black market trade.</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to smoke-filled rooms where history, crime, and hedonism collide. </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smoke</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a memoir you won’t want to miss. </span></p>