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<p>Praise for <i>Havana Red</i>, the first of the Lt. Conde series:</p><p>'Another winner from Bitter Lemonâ¦an innovative take on the traditional detective story. A macho cop whose investigation into the murder of a transvestite leads him to ruminate on his own attraction to this âphilosophy of mimetics and erasure.â-<i>The New York Times</i></p><p>'A scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. Condeâs quest follows the basic rhythm of the whodunit, but Padura syncopates it with brilliant literary riffs on Cuban sex, society, religion, even food.'-<i>Independent</i></p><p>The brutally mutilated body of Miguel Forcade is discovered washed up on a Havana beach. Head smashed in by a baseball bat, genitals cut off by a dull knife. Forcade was once responsible for the confiscation of art works from the bourgeoisie fleeing the revolution. Had he really returned from exile just to visit his ailing father?</p><p>The novel evokes the disillusion of a generation, many of them veterans of the war in Angola, discovering the corruption of those who preceded them. Yet it is a eulogy of Cuba, its life of music, sex and the great friendships of the people who elected to stay and fight fo

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Author

Leonardo Padura; Peter R Bush

Publisher

Bitter Lemon Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781904738879

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Mystery, Romance

Rating

3.99 / 5 (191 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14