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Havana Red

Havana Red Paperback - 2005

by Leonardo Padura

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  • Paperback

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Bitter Lemon Press, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Havana Red
  • Author Leonardo Padura
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 310
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bitter Lemon Press, London
  • Date 2005
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G1904738095I4N00
  • ISBN 9781904738091 / 1904738095
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.84 x 5.18 x 0.73 in (19.91 x 13.16 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Caribbean
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • New York Times, 08/14/2005, Page 23

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.

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.