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Rat Pack. Viviendo a su manera

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En 1960, el rodaje de La cuadrilla de los Once reunio en Las Vegas a cinco grandes artistas del mundo del espectaculo y, al frente de ellos, Frank Sinatra. Durante dos semanas ofrecieron una serie de espectaculos memorables en los que habia mucho mas que canciones y bromas en el escenario. La historia de Frank, Dean y Sammy, el Rat Pack, es la cronica de un estilo de vida que ha perdurado como prototipo de elegancia, hedonismo, diversion y peligro. / In 1960, the filming of Ocean's Eleven brought together five great artists in Las Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop and Frank Sinatra. For two weeks they offered a series of memorable shows that would become the group popular, and it was baptized as «Rat Pack».

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

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Javier Márquez Sánchez

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Javier Márquez Sánchez (born 1978 in Sevilla, Spain) is Editor in Chief of the Spanish edition of Forbes. He has been Editor in Chief of the Spanish edition of Esquire Magazine and Deputy Director of Cambio16, and has written several novels, short stories collections and non-fiction books on film and music. Sometimes he plays music with his two bands, Rock & Books and The Last Drink.

Lethal as a Charlie Parker Solo is his first novel being translated into English.

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July 18, 2023
A little piece of America. More than three decades of fame in an exciting and laborious book . Comradery, friendship, love and hate, live breaks based on benign sins (Sinatra vs. Peter Lawford, Dean Martin vs. Jerry Lewis), beautiful songs, a lot of jokes, many of them bad ones, US presidents, mortal friends from Cosa Nostra, women, all kind of women, many wives per capita, infidelities, booze and cigars, some drugs, grandeur and decadence.
All the main characters are all dead, but their place in history remains...
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Author 18 books586 followers
November 27, 2020
Gracias a este libro soy aún más fan de Dean Martin, lo que pensé que era imposible.
Lleno de datos interesantes (inolvidable la historia de la pelea de Jerry Lewis con Dean Martin, porque éste último se negó a actuar de policía, que odiaba), historias imposibles y con mucho detalle de Sinatra, Martin y Davis Jr. Toda la historia de la relación de la mafia con Sinatra, el racismo contra Sammy Davis Jr. y el relajo absoluto de Dean Martin en la vida. Creo que lo terminé en un día, porque hay MUCHAS anécdotas entretenídisimas.  
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Author 23 books78 followers
August 25, 2014
Cuidadísimo repaso a la historia del llamado Rat Pack, develando episodios clave de sus carreras (tanto individuales como grupales) mientras se derriban mitos y se deja al desnudo su perfil más crudo: El de un grupo de amigos que - lejos del estrellato - solo aspiraba a pasarlo bien, disponiendo del suficiente dinero para hacerlo.
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4 reviews
October 3, 2025
Even though I loved reading about those incredible times, i found the book kind of superficial.
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March 28, 2014
Es difícil imaginar la influencia que hubiera tenido Sinatra de haber sido alguien ambicioso, sin embargo el tipo sólo quería pasarla bien. La historia del rat pack resulta ser muy interesante y este libro cubre bastante bien no sólo al grupo, sino a toda la época que representaron.
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