Havana Black - A Mario Conde Mystery (Paperback)

A brutally mutilated body is discovered washed up in the bay of Havana. The body of Miguel Forcade Mier, head smashed in by a baseball bat, genitals cut off by a dull knife. Forcade, once an official in the Cuban government responsible for the confiscation of the belongings of the bourgeoisie fleeing the revolution, was an exile in Miami. Had he really returned to Havana just to visit his ailing father? Conde immerses himself in the dark history of expropriations of works of art, paintings that have vanished without trace, corrupt civil servants and old families that lost much, but not everything. Here is the disillusion of Padura's generation, many of them veterans of the war in Angola, dealing with the catastrophe that followed the collapse of Russian aide in the 1990's and now discovering the corruption of those that preceded them. Yet a eulogy of Cuba, its life of music, sex and the great friendships of those who elected to stay and fight for survival.

General

Imprint:	Bitter Lemon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	June 2006
Translators:	Peter Bush
Authors:	Leonard Padura
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	286
ISBN-13:	978-1-904738-15-2
Subtitles:	Spanish
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General Promotions
LSN:	1-904738-15-X
Barcode:	9781904738152

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