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
|
| LSN: |
1-904738-15-X |
| Barcode: |
9781904738152 |
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