{"product_id":"9781904738152","title":"Havana Black","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eHavana Red\u003c\/i\u003e, the first of the Lt. Conde series:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Another winner from Bitter Lemon…an innovative take on the traditional detective story. A macho cop whose investigation into the murder of a transvestite leads him to ruminate on his own attraction to this ‘philosophy of mimetics and erasure.’\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. Conde’s quest follows the basic rhythm of the whodunit, but Padura syncopates it with brilliant literary riffs on Cuban sex, society, religion, even food.”—\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brutally mutilated body of Miguel Forcade is discovered washed up on a Havana beach. Head smashed in by a baseball bat, genitals cut off by a dull knife. Forcade was once responsible for the confiscation of art works from the bourgeoisie fleeing the revolution. Had he really returned from exile just to visit his ailing father?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel evokes the disillusion of a generation, many of them veterans of the war in Angola, discovering the corruption of those who preceded them. Yet it is a eulogy of Cuba, its life of music, sex and the great friendships of the people who elected to stay and fight for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonardo Padura\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1955 in Havana and lives in Cuba. He is a prize-winning novelist, essayist, journalist, and scriptwriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bitter Lemon Press, Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040012452080,"sku":"9781904738152","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781904738152_p0.jpg?v=1763613394","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904738152","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}