Slow Train to Guantanamo: A Rail Odyssey Through Cuba in the Last Days of the Castros
- ISBN-10
- 1908129506
- ISBN-13
- 9781908129505
- Category
- Cuba
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Author
- Peter Millar
Description
Starting in the ramshackle but romantic capital of Havana, Peter Millar travels with ordinary Cubans, sharing anecdotes, life stories and political opinions to the far end of the island, the Guantanamo naval base and detention camp.
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