O Rei Da Roleta - a Incrível Vida De Joaquim Rolla
- Authors
- Perdigão, João & Corradi, Euler
- Publisher
- Casa da Palavra
- ISBN
- 9788577342396
- Date
- 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.34 MB
- Lang
- pt
Biography of Joaquim Rolla, who owned the "Cassino da Urca", the most famous showroom - Carmen Miranda was "discovered there" - and casino in Rio de Janeiro, during the late 1930's and early 1940's. The book traces his story from a small town in the interior of Brazil, to the state capital and finally to the then national capital Rio de Janeiro, where he would die in the early 1970's after an exciting life of business deals, love affairs and political connections.