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Son de Almendra (Dancing to Almendra) Book

New York, October 1957. Albert Anastasia, head of the mafia, has just been murdered. A war over the control of Havana casinos is brewing. Joaqu¨ªn, a young journalist, decides to investigate connections between important Cuban individuals and the sub-world. The same day Anastasia is killed, a hippopotamus is also killed. Joaqu¨ªn realizes that both deaths may be connected and that search leads him to a zoo caretaker who apparently holds the key to a deathly conspiracy. At the same time, he falls in love with a woman from a circus that will reveal a world full of rigged possibilities ¨Dthe false bottom of impossible loves. This thriller of devastating speed that Mayra Montero gifts us with, is a brilliant counterpoint between memory and nostalgia; one that you will find very hard to put down. Description in Spanish: El capo mafioso Albert Anastasia acaba de ser asesinado en Nueva York. Corre el mes de octubre de 1957, y se avecina una guerra por el control de los casinos habaneros. Joaqu¨ªn, un joven periodista, decide investigar las conexiones de importantes personajes cubanos con el bajo mundo. En su b¨²squeda, comienza a frecuentar a un cuidador de fieras de zool¨®gico, quien aparenta conocer las claves de una macabra conspiraci¨®n, y se enamora de una mujer de circo, que le revelar¨¢ un mundo de posibilidades trucadas: el desencanto como juego de espejos, y el doble fondo de los amores imposibles. Bajo la ominosa presencia de ese imperio mafioso, y con el tel¨®n de fondo de una ciudad enrarecida por las acciones revolucionarias y la consiguiente represi¨®n pol¨ªtica, Mayra Montero nos entrega una historia apasionante; un thriller que avanza demoledor como un tornado, y que es tambi¨¦n un brillante contrapunto entre la memoria y la nostalgia.Read More

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  • 1575818469
  • 9781575818467
  • Mayra Montero
  • 1 December 2005
  • Alfaguara
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 280
  • 1. ed.
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