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Close but No Cigar

Close but No Cigar

A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's Cuba

by Stephen Purvis
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/06/2016

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Businessman Stephen Purvis knew that an arrest was coming, but he and his family - a wife and 4 children - decided to stay in Cuba. Despite living there for 12 years he had a naive sense of fair play. Stephen is arrested for the vague crime of passing state secrets. Quite what secrets and to whom is not clear. He is initially taken to Villa Marista, where he is interrogated at random intervals by the zealous Atencio. Stephen shares a tiny cell with 3 other men, has 15 minutes outside, once a fortnight, and the food is inedible. Many men commit suicide; others just rot or go mad. After 8 months, he is moved to the international prison, where conditions improve. Yet still there is no sign of a trial, and his lawyer admits that no one ever wins against the state. Then just as suddenly as it all began, it is all over.
ISBN:
9781474605052
9781474605052
Category:
Sociology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-06-2016
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
231x154x21mm
Weight:
0.36kg
Stephen Purvis

Stephen Purvis is a Wimbledon-born architect. In 2000 he moved with his wife and four young children to Havana, where his building projects included factories, luxury hotels and a container port.

In his thirteen years in Cuba he became a longstanding director of the international school, enjoyed a spot of boxing and the odd cigar, took up painting and to the surprise of all co-produced with Sadler's Wells Theatre the hit dance show Havana Rakatan. He returned to Britain in 2013 and now works in Myanmar.

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