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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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 priest in the Afro-Cuban religion, to help him escape death. In this extraordinary and stylish narrative, Mayra Montero has produced an exotic hybrid of ancient tribal myth and opera, fact and fantasy, love story and thriller. The Messenger shows clearly that she is one of the most original voices in Caribbean writing today.
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Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book 0060192232 First edition, First printing. Not price clipped. NOT REMAINDER marked. Dust jacket in protective cover. Shipped in a box. Number line starting with a (1). Fine/Fine BOOK IS HARDCOVER.
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Stated First Edition, first printing with full number line in fine / like new condition. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. Pages are clean. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. Unclipped DJ. No remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Fine unmarked, no spine creases. Set in Cuba, tells the story of doomed lovers Enrico Caruso and his mulatta mistress. Bright tight clean unread copy ob PB 1st. 5-1/4 x 8, 218 pp, b/w authour photo.
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