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In 1920 Enrico Caruso arrives in Havana, carrying with him a death-threat he has received from the Sicilian Black Hand. During a performance of Aida at the Teatro Nacional, a bomb explodes and a horrified Caruso, still dressed as Radam's, runs into the street. This is a matter of historical record. What happens next is fiction, imagined by Mayra Montero. As Caruso flees the death-wish of the Black Hand, he is drawn into a passionate affair with a beautiful mulatto-Chinese woman. She engages the help of Santero, a powerful ...

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The Messenger 2000, Harpperen, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780060929619

Perennial edition

Trade paperback

The Messenger 1999, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780060192235

Hardcover