Puerto Rico City - A Novel (English Edition)

By David R. Martin

An entertainment city to take on Las Vegas, Macau, Dubai, and all the others.

Lino Mendoza leaves behind a colorful past in Puerto Rico to become a Wall Street lawyer and then governor of the U.S. island territory that, for decades, has stagnated in economic inertia and political confusion. Against ruthless and cunning international business predators and politicians, he leads a grassroots movement in a crusade to build Puerto Rico City -- a city to eclipse all others as the place to be and be seen.

Straddling the 2008 financial crisis, this international drama unfolds against the backdrop of geopolitics, world business and current events and then converges on a tiny hypnotic island that has been constantly in search of its destiny.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David R. Martin
• Release date: Feb 23, 2012
• ISBN: 9780985242404

David R. Martin

David R. Martin was born in Toledo, Ohio. He is a graduate Amherst College and the law schools of the University of Puerto Rico and New York University, the latter awarding him a master of laws in taxation. He has additional post-baccalaureate studies in accounting, finance and economics from Georgia State University. He practices corporate law in Atlanta, Georgia.

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