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Havana Fever

By Leonardo Padura

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Havana Fever

By Leonardo Padura

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"The finest crime-fiction writer in the Spanish language..."--The London Times "Full of atmosphere and descriptions to savour, this is as much a life-affirming tribute to Havana as a fine novel of death and detection."--The Independent "Police work is not merely a vocation but a metaphor for a futile yearning to solve the island's deepest crimes and misdemeanours."--Times Literary Supplement Mario Conde has retired from the police force and makes a living trading in antique books. Havana is now flooded with dollars, populated by pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, and other hunters of the night. In the book collection of a rich Cuban who fled after the fall of Batista, Conde discovers an article about Violeta del Rio, a beautiful bolero singer of the 1950s who disappeared mysteriously. A murder soon follows. This is a crime story set in today's darker Cuba, but it is also an evocation of the Havana of Batista, the city of a hundred night clubs where the paths of Marlon Brando and Meyer Lansky crossed. Probably Leonardo Padura's best book, Havana Fever is many things: a suspenseful crime novel, a cruel family saga, and an ode to literature and his beloved, ravaged island.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
285
Release Date:
2009-05-01
Publication Date:
2009-05-01
Publisher:
Bitter Lemon Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1904738362
ISBN13:
9781904738367
Weight:
272 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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