| Havana Red Contributor(s): Padura, Leonardo (Author), Bush, Peter (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1904738095 ISBN-13: 9781904738091 Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: "A magnificent novel. Haunted by the tragic story and passion of its characters."-"Magazine Littraire" The first of the Havana quartet featuring Inspector Mario Conde, a tropical Marlowe. A young transvestite in a beautiful red dress is found strangled in a Havana park. Conde's investigation into a violent murder exposes a stifling, corrupt society, a Cuban reality where nothing is what it seems. A dark and fascinating world of men and women born in the revolution who live without dreaming of exile and seek their identity in the midst of disaster. Leonardo Padura lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. "Havana Red" has won numerous literary prizes, including the Hammett prize in Spain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Mario Conde Investigates |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.18" W x 7.84" (0.52 lbs) 310 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A magnificent novel. Haunted by the tragic story and passion of its characters."--Magazine Litt raire The first of the Havana quartet featuring Inspector Mario Conde, a tropical Marlowe. A young transvestite in a beautiful red dress is found strangled in a Havana park. Conde's investigation into a violent murder exposes a stifling, corrupt society, a Cuban reality where nothing is what it seems. A dark and fascinating world of men and women born in the revolution who live without dreaming of exile and seek their identity in the midst of disaster. Leonardo Padura lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. Havana Red has won numerous literary prizes, including the Hammett prize in Spain. |