Dancing to 'Almendra' Tapa blanda - 2008

Picador, 2008-06-06. Paperback. Good. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages.

Picador, London, 2008. Medium Trade Paperback. As New. Medium Trade Paperback. 261 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Picador, London, 2008. *** CONDITION: This book is in as new condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Havana 1957. On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in a barber's chair in New York, a hippopotamus escapes from Havana Zoo. Joaquin Porrata is the young Cuban journalist assigned to cover the latter story but, told by a secretive zookeeper that he 'knows too much', he soon discovers that the two events are not as unconnected as they might initially seem. An ardent and thrilling tale of innocence lost, of Havana's secret one-time world of violence, fantastic characters and extravagant crimes, Dancing to 'Almendra' is a triumph of story-telling from one of Latin America's most… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.