On August 6 th 1989 , the day on which the Catholic Church
celebrates the Feast of the Transfiguration, the body of a
strangled transvestite is discovered in the humid undergrowth of
the Havana Woods. He is wearing a beautiful red evening dress and
the red ribbon with which he was asphyxiated is still round his
neck. To the consternation of Lieutenant Mario Conde, in charge of
the investigation, the victim turns out to be Alexis Arayan, the
son of a highly respected diplomat. His investigation begins with a
visit to the home of the 'disgraced' dramatist, Alberto Marques,
with whom the murdered youth was living. Marques, a man of letters
and a former giant of the Cuban theatre, helps Conde solve the
crime. In the baking heat of the Havana summer, Conde also unveils
a dark, turbulent world of Cubans who live without dreaming of
exile, grappling with food shortages and wounds from the Angolan
war.
General
| Imprint: |
Bitter Lemon Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2023 |
| First published: |
May 2005 |
| Translators: |
Peter Bush
|
| Authors: |
Leonard Padura
|
| Dimensions: |
197 x 128 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
306 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-904738-09-1 |
| Subtitles: |
Spanish
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-904738-09-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781904738091 |
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