{"product_id":"9781617750038","title":"Havana Lunar","description":"\u003cb\u003eEdgar Award finalist: A “hypnotic” crime novel set in Cuba after the collapse of the USSR (Tim McLoughlin, author of \u003ci\u003eHeart of the Old Country\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e One hungry, hallucinatory night in the dark heart of Havana, Mano Rodriguez, a young doctor with the revolutionary medical service, comes to the aid of a teenage \u003ci\u003ejinetera\u003c\/i\u003e named Julia. She takes refuge in his clinic to break away from the abusive \u003ci\u003echulo\u003c\/i\u003e who prostituted her, and they form an unlikely allegiance that Mano thinks might save him from his twin burdens: the dead-end hospital assignment he was delegated after being blacklisted by the Cuban Communist Party, and a Palo Monte curse on his love life commissioned by a vengeful ex-wife.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But when the pimp and his bodyguards come after Julia and Mano, the violent chain reaction plunges them all into the decadent catacombs of Havana’s criminal underworld . . .\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In the weeks before Hurricane Andrew sweeps down on Cuba in 1992, Dr. Mano Rodriguez is caught up in intrigue in this thoughtful, lushly detailed neo-noir.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A sad, surreal, beautiful tour of the hell that was Cuba in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The writing is hypnotic, the storytelling superb. \u003ci\u003eHavana Lunar\u003c\/i\u003e is perfect.” —Tim McLoughlin, editor, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139313451248,"sku":"9781617750038","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617750038_p0.jpg?v=1769904673","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617750038","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}