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 the zoo and is shot and killed by its pursuers. Assigned to cover the zoo story, Joaqu???n Porrata, a young Cuban journalist, finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the hippo's death and the mobster's when a secretive zookeeper whispers to him that he `knows too much'. In exchange for a promise to introduce the keeper to his idol, the film star George Raft, ...
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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 the zoo and is shot and killed by its pursuers. Assigned to cover the zoo story, Joaqu???n Porrata, a young Cuban journalist, finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the hippo's death and the mobster's when a secretive zookeeper whispers to him that he `knows too much'. In exchange for a promise to introduce the keeper to his idol, the film star George Raft, now the host of the Capri casino, Joaqu???n gets information that ensnares him in an ever-thickening plot of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love. The love story is another mystery. Told by Yolanda, a beautiful ex-circus performer now working for the famed Sans Souci cabaret, it interleaves through Joaqu???n's underworld investigations, eventually revealing a family secret deeper even than Havana's brilliantly evoked enigmas. In Dancing to `Almendra', Mayra Montero has created an ardent and thrilling tale of innocence lost, of Havana's secret world that is `the basis for the clamor of the city', and of the end of a violent era of fantastic characters and extravagant crimes. Based on the true history of a bewitching city and its denizens, `Almendra' is the latest triumph from one of Latin America's most impassioned and intoxicating voices. Praise for Mayra Montero's previous novels: 'A literary tour de force . . . A tale of unforgettable beauty' Los Angeles Times on The Messenger 'A dazzling, original fugue on love and extinction' New Yorker on The Palm of Darkness
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New York. 2007. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374102775. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. 265 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Charlotte Strick. keywords: Literature Translated Latin America Cuba Caribbean. FROM THE PUBLISHER-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 the Havana zoo and is shot and killed by its pursuers. Assigned to cover the zoo story, Joaquín Porrata, a young Cuban journalist, instead finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the hippo's death and the mobster's when a secretive zookeeper whispers to him that he ‘knows too much. ' In exchange for a promise to introduce the keeper to his idol, the film star George Raft, now the host of the Capri Casino, Joaquín gets information that ensnares him in an ever-thickening plot of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love. The love story is, of course, another mystery. Told by Yolanda, a beautiful ex-circus performer now working for the famed cabaret San Souci, it interleaves through Joaquín's underworld investigations, eventually revealing a family secret deeper even than Havana's brilliantly evoked enigmas. In Dancing to ‘Almendra, ' Mayra Montero has created an ardent and thrilling tale of innocence lost, of Havana's secret world that is ‘the basis for the clamor of the city, ' and of the end of a violent era of fantastic characters and extravagant crimes. Based on the true history of a bewitching city and its denizens, Almendra is the latest ‘triumph' (Library Journal) from one of Latin America's most impassioned and intoxicating voices. inventory #19590.
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. CN5-An uncorrected proof trade paperback book in fine condition. Translated by Edith Grossman. From "one of the most exciting and interesting writers of the Americas. north and south" (Julia Alvarez), a spellbinding chronicle of love, murder, and the mob in prerevolutionary Havana. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
