July 28, 2000 • Page Image 77
…PAUL KOHN'S La Difference LUNCH DINNER COCKTAILS ltzt: .g Hooper; and a variety of other crimes perpetrated by the Purples. 8 Kavieff recreates the Detroit -6 Prohibition era with vividness and painstaking accuracy. Prohibition was a $250 million 'business' that really bankrolled organized crime, with 50,000 jobs and 25,000 blind pigs alone," he points out in an interview. "It allowed the black market to gain a foothold in American commerc...…

















































