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. Author Smith went to live on the island, his search for the real Cuba becoming, inevitably, a search for Fidel Castro. Before meeting his quarry, Smith travelled extensively through the "land of miracles" in an old American car. His account features a bloody initiation into a voodoo-like cult, dining on giant rat, and checking into the Love Hotel. He also describes going on manoeuvres in the Everglades with armed, but not especially competent, Cuban exiles dreaming of a second Bay of Pigs. He investigates a country where communism and voodoo co-exist, and where the influence of its leader of 40 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
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 ot
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349108131 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349108137 |
| Title | Cuba - The Land of Miracles |
| Author | Stephen Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1998-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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