Sent by the CIA to 1950s Cuba to eliminate young revolutionary Fidel Castro, ex-Marine hero Earl Swagger finds himself confronting outdated ideals about honor and duty as the world around him erupts into early Cold War violence.
Havana Blues
A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK "A beautiful novel that's full of forbidden passions, family secrets and a lot of courage and sacrifice.
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A scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The third in the Havana Quartet series.
It's the way of life for most people who live under dictatorships--and yet the joy and beauty of this novel is how effortlessly he weaves his characters into our lives . . .
Yet this novel is a eulogy to Cuba, to its music and sensuality, and to the great friendships of those who chose to stay and fight for survival."--BOOK JACKET.
In 1509 , Sebastián de Ocampo docked in what is now Havana Bay to repair his small fleet while circumnavigating the island . His expedition dispelled Columbus's contention that Cuba was a continent . However , he did not settle ...
Winner of the National Book Award, this stunning memoir is a vibrant and evocative look at Latin America from a child’s unforgettable experience. Waiting for Snow in Havana is both an exorcism and an ode to a paradise lost.
This one”—he held up his right hand, wiggled the fingers stiffly—“got run over by a loader sixteen years ago, which lemme tell you hurt like the devil.” He lifted the left. “And this one—I got the repeating motion thing.
The Havana Habit deftly illustrates what makes Cuba, as Pérez Firmat writes, “so near and yet so foreign.”