The King of the Jews

This was a novel (?) I could not complete; but I tried. I tried because Tosches earlier book, In the Hand of Dante, was such a masterful blend of history and the present, that I was captivated from beginning to end.
This book, on the other hand, blends poorly presented historical facts, one fact piled on another, with the story of an early twentieth century gangster, who happens to be a Jew, in an equally boring manner. It is supposed to be a biography of Arnold Rothstein, notorious mastermind behind the fixing of the 1919 World Series, among many other shady deals. By page 73, the title remained the only item of interest to me, and so I packed it in. I must revisit the Dante book to see if I still consider it a masterpiece.