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Book Review: 'The Fish That Ate the Whale,' by Rich Cohen

How a poor banana vendor from Russia changed the face of Latin America

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By Daniel Grushkin

June 7, 2012 at 10:05 PM UTC

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This article is part of the June 11, 2012 issue of businessweek.

The Fish That Ate the Whale:
The Life and Times of America’s Banana King
By Rich Cohen
Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 320pp; $27.00

Book Review: 'The Fish That Ate the Whale,' by Rich Cohen