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Dirty Havana Trilogy: A Novel in Stories

by Pedro Juan Gutierrez

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"Dirty Havana Trilogy" chronicles the misadventures of Pedro Juan, a former journalist now living hand to mouth in and around Cuba, half disgusted and half fascinated by the depths to which he has sunk. Pedro Juan's unsentimental yet sympathetic eye captures a shocking underbelly of today's Cuba. Banned in Cuba, Gutierrez's picaresque novel is a fierce, loving tribute to Havana and the defiant, desperate way of life that flourishes amid its decay.

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Pedro Juan Gutiérrez is the author of several published works of poetry. He lives in Havana, where he devotes himself to writing and painting.
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The novel lives up to every promise of the title. Every page is a rum soaked lustful portrait of a society full of life, its struggle for survival told by (and symbolized by) 'Pedro Juan', a hustler always looking for his next meal, drink or lay. The Cuba that many only know through Hemingway is long past, yet the warm character of its people and the beauty of the Malecon comes through like a sweet sea salt breeze.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060006891
Subtitle:
A Novel in Stories
Translator:
Wimmer, Natasha
Author:
Gutierrez, Pedro Juan
Author:
Wimmer, Natasha
Publisher:
Ecco
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Fiction
Edition Number:
1st paperback ed.
Edition Description:
1st Ecco paperback ed.
Series Volume:
69
Publication Date:
February 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
8.02x5.46x.98 in. .76 lbs.
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