{"product_id":"havana-fever-paperback","title":"Havana Fever - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeonardo Padura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Bush\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The finest crime-fiction writer in the Spanish language...\"\u003ci\u003e--The London Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Full of atmosphere and descriptions to savour, this is as much a life-affirming tribute to Havana as a fine novel of death and detection.\"\u003ci\u003e--The Independent\u003c\/i\u003e \"Police work is not merely a vocation but a metaphor for a futile yearning to solve the island's deepest crimes and misdemeanours.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eMario Conde has retired from the police force and makes a living trading in antique books. Havana is now flooded with dollars, populated by pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, and other hunters of the night. In the book collection of a rich Cuban who fled after the fall of Batista, Conde discovers an article about Violeta del Rio, a beautiful bolero singer of the 1950s who disappeared mysteriously. A murder soon follows. This is a crime story set in today's darker Cuba, but it is also an evocation of the Havana of Batista, the city of a hundred night clubs where the paths of Marlon Brando and Meyer Lansky crossed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProbably \u003cb\u003eLeonardo Padura\u003c\/b\u003e's best book, \u003ci\u003eHavana Fever\u003c\/i\u003e is many things: a suspenseful crime novel, a cruel family saga, and an ode to literature and his beloved, ravaged island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonardo Padura was born in 1955 in Havana and lives in Cuba. He has published a number of novels, short story collections and literary essays but international fame came with the Havana Quartet, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde, of which Havana Blue is the third to be available in English Critically acclaimed translator known for extensive work on Juan Goytisolo. Also translated Daniel Chavarria and Pedro de Alarcon from Cuba. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeonardo Padura has just won the 2015 Princess of Asturias Literary prize for his life's work. This prize is said to be the Spanish Nobel Prize. Previous winners include Philip Roth, John Banville, Margaret Atwood, Amin Maalouf and Ismail Kadare. Padura is most famous for his Inspector Mario Conde novels, all published in English by Bitter Lemon Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 285\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696782741567,"sku":"9781904738367","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/81d39679163aef1e32b38f127c60985f.webp?v=1765007268","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/havana-fever-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}