Dancing to Almendra
Autor Mayra Montero Traducere de Edith Grossmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2007
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Havana, 1957. On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in New York, a hippopotamus escapes from the zoo and is shot and killed. Assigned to cover the zoo story, Joaquin, a young Cuban journalist, finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the hippo's death and the Mafioso's, in this intoxicating story of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love.
Havana, 1957. On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in New York, a hippopotamus escapes from the zoo and is shot and killed. Assigned to cover the zoo story, Joaquin, a young Cuban journalist, finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the hippo's death and the Mafioso's, in this intoxicating story of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780312426736
ISBN-10: 0312426739
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 146 x 209 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Picador USA
ISBN-10: 0312426739
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 146 x 209 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Picador USA
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Notă biografică
Mayra Montero is the author of a collection of short stories and of eight novels. She was born in Cuba and lives in Puerto Rico.
Descriere
On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in New York, a hippo escapes from the zoo. Assigned to cover the zoo story, a young Cuban journalist finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the two incidents in this intoxicating story of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love.