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Havana Gold Paperback - 2008

by Padura, Leonardo

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  • Title Havana Gold
  • Author Padura, Leonardo
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Tra
  • Condition New
  • Pages 278
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bitter Lemon Press, London Uk
  • Date 2008-06-01
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ING9781904738282
  • ISBN 9781904738282 / 1904738281
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.84 x 5.11 x 0.82 in (19.91 x 12.98 x 2.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Caribbean
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Murder - Investigation
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the publisher

"First published in Spanish as Vientos de Cuaresma by Tusquets Editores S.A., Barcelona, 2001"--T.p. verso.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 06/01/2008, Page 50
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/12/2008, Page 39

About the author

Leonardo Padura was born in 1955 in Havana. He is a prize winning novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. International fame came with the publication of the Havana Quartet, all featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde, of which Havana Black is the second to be available in English.The Quartet has been translated into seven languages and has won numerous prizes including Spain's Hammett Prize. Critically acclaimed translator known for extensive work on Juan Goytisolo. Also translated Daniel Chavarria and Pedro de Alarcon from Cuba.

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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