Havana Red
Peter Bush
(Translated by)
Description
"A magnificent novel. Haunted by the tragic story and passion of its characters."--Magazine Littéraire
The first of the Havana quartet featuring Inspector Mario Conde, a tropical Marlowe. A young transvestite in a beautiful red dress is found strangled in a Havana park. Conde's investigation into a violent murder exposes a stifling, corrupt society, a Cuban reality where nothing is what it seems. A dark and fascinating world of men and women born in the revolution who live without dreaming of exile and seek their identity in the midst of disaster.
Leonardo Padura lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. Havana Red has won numerous literary prizes, including the Hammett prize in Spain.
Product Details
| Publisher | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Publish Date | May 01, 2005 |
| Pages | 310 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781904738091 |
| Dimensions | 7.8 X 5.2 X 0.7 inches | 0.5 pounds |
About the Author
Leonardo Padura has just won the 2015 Princess of Asturias Literary prize for his life's work. This prize is said to be the Spanish Nobel Prize. Previous winners include Philip Roth, John Banville, Margaret Atwood, Amin Maalouf and Ismail Kadare. Padura is most famous for his Inspector Mario Conde novels, all published in English by Bitter Lemon Press.
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