Cuba: The Land Of Miracles
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Cuba: The Land Of Miracles by Stephen Smith
For a growing number of British holidaymakers, Cuba is a Caribbean paradise, but it is also a land of cutbacks and economic instability. Stephen Smith comes to live on the island, and his search for the real Cuba inevitably becomes a search for Fidel Castro too. Before meeting his quarry, Smith travels extensively through the 'land of miracles' in an old American automobile. His highly-personalised account features a bloody initiation into a voodoo-like cult, dining on giant rat, and checking into the Love Hotel. And he goes on manoeuvres in the Everglades with armed, but not especially competent, Cuban exiles dreaming of a second Bay of Pigs. With disarming wit and considerable insight, Stephen Smith investigates a country where communism and voodoo coexist, and where the influence of its leader of forty years continues to throw a long shadow.
Entertaining.. the best guide to this beautiful, bedevilled island. Unfailingly well written * SUNDAY TIMES *
Fascinating ... genuinely brilliant * Jon Snow, OBSERVER *
Essential reading * Norman Lewis *
{Stephen Smith ) is the best sort of reporter; detached, ironic, yet well-versed on the terrain he's exploring ... a compelling portrait of a society on the verge of an ideological breakdown * Douglas Kennedy, INDEPENDENT *
Fascinating ... genuinely brilliant * Jon Snow, OBSERVER *
Essential reading * Norman Lewis *
{Stephen Smith ) is the best sort of reporter; detached, ironic, yet well-versed on the terrain he's exploring ... a compelling portrait of a society on the verge of an ideological breakdown * Douglas Kennedy, INDEPENDENT *
Born the same year as the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, Channel 4 News reporter Stephen Smith has been fascinated by the island since he first heard the hijackers' slogan 'Fly me to Havana!' He is a regular contributor to the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS and other newspapers.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780349119670 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349119678 |
| Titel | Cuba: The Land Of Miracles |
| Autor | Stephen Smith |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2005-11-03 |
| Seitenanzahl | 320 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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