{"product_id":"9781904738091","title":"Havana Red","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A magnificent novel. Haunted by the tragic story and passion of its characters.”—\u003ci\u003eMagazine Littéraire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first of the Havana quartet featuring Inspector Mario Conde, a tropical Marlowe. A young transvestite in a beautiful red dress is found strangled in a Havana park. Conde’s investigation into a violent murder exposes a stifling, corrupt society, a Cuban reality where nothing is what it seems. A dark and fascinating world of men and women born in the revolution who live without dreaming of exile and seek their identity in the midst of disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonardo Padura\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. \u003ci\u003eHavana Red\u003c\/i\u003e has won numerous literary prizes, including the Hammett prize in Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bitter Lemon Press, Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040093028592,"sku":"9781904738091","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781904738091_p0.jpg?v=1763613615","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904738091","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}