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Havana Red by Leonardo Padura

The heat is a malign plague invading everything. Theheat descends like a tight, stretchy cloak of red silk,wrapping itself round bodies, trees and things, toinject there the dark poison of... Read More
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Havana Gold by Leonardo Padura

It was Ash Wednesday and, eternally punctual, a parched, choking wind swept through the barrio stirring up filth and sorrow, as if sent straight from the desert to recall the... Read More
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Havana Black by Leonardo Padura

CHAPTER 1 “And get here quick …!” he screamed at a sky that seemed languid andbecalmed, as if still painted from October’s deceptive palette of blue: he screamed, arms crossed,... Read More
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The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura

1  Havana, 2004  “Rest in peace”  were the pastor’s last words.  If that well- worn phrase, so shamelessly dramatic in the mouth of that figure, had ever held any meaning,... Read More
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Havana Fever by Leonardo Padura

The symptoms hit him suddenly, like a voracious wave sweeping a child off a quiet shore and dragging him into the depths of the sea: a lethal double blow to... Read More
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Havana Fever by Leonardo Padura

The symptoms hit him suddenly, like a voracious wave sweeping a child off a quiet shore and dragging him into the depths of the sea: a lethal double blow to... Read More
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Havana Blue by Leonardo Padura

I don’t have to think to know the most difficult step would be opening my eyes. If the morning sun, glinting brightly on the windowpanes, bathing the whole room in... Read More
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