Havana Blue
by Leonardo Padura

Cover Design: Killian Strong

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UK: Apr 2007 / US: Jun 2007

Lieutenant Mario Conde is suffering from a terrible New Year’s Eve hangover. Though it’s the middle of a weekend, he is asked to urgently investigate the mysterious disappearance of Rafael Morin, a high-level business manager in the Cuban nomenklatura. Conde remembered Morin from their student days: good-looking, brilliant, a “reliable comrade’’ who always got what he wanted, including Tamara the girl Conde was after.

But Rafael Morin’s exemplary rise from a poor barrio and picture perfect life hide more than one suspicious episode worthy of investigation. While pursuing the case in a decaying but adored Havana Conde confronts his lost love for Tamara and the dreams and illusions of his generation.

Author Information
Leonardo Padura was born in 1955 in Havana and lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. Havana Black has been published in Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Germany and France.

The Translator
Peter Bush is a critically acclaimed translator from Spanish, well known for his extensive work on Juan Goytisolo. He has recently completed translations of Daniel Chavarria, Nuria Amat and Pedro de Alarcón and three of the Havana Quartet by Padura.

Other books in the series

Havana Black by Leonardo Padura
ISBN: 9781904738-187 Price: £9.99 and $14.95

Havana Red by Leonardo Padura
ISBN: 978-1904738-09-1 Price: £8.99 and $13.95

Havana Gold by Leonardo Padura
ISBN: 9781904738282 Price: £8.99 and $14.95

Praise for Havana Blue
''Drenched with that beguiling otherness so appealing to fans of mysteries of other cultures, it will also appeal to those who appreciate the sultry lyricism of James Lee Burke.'' Booklist

'…a magnificent Dickensian evocation of the city's street hassle; it takes in drugdealers, hookers, people queuing for pizza, newly-weds...' Times Literary Supplement