Havana knew me by my shoes," begins Tom Miller's lively and entertaining account of his sojourn for more than eight months traveling through Cuba, mixing with its literati and black marketers, its cane cutters and cigar rollers. Granted unprecedented access to travel throughout the country, the author presents us with a rare insight into one of the world's only Communist countries. Its best-known personalities and ordinary citizens talk to him about the U.S. embargo and tell their favourite Fidel jokes as they stand in line for bread at the Socialism or Death Bakery. Miller provides a running commentary on Cuba's food shortages, exotic sensuality, and baseball addiction as he follows the scents of Graham Greene, Jose Marti, Ernest Hemingway, and the Mambo Kings. The result of this informed and adventurous journey is a vibrant, rhythmic portrait of a land and people too long shielded from American eyes.
- ISBN:
- 9780465005031
- 9780465005031
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Category:
- Travel writing
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
09-09-2008
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Basic Books
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Edition:
- 2nd Edition
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions (mm):
- 215x141x20mm
- Weight:
- 0.4kg
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