{"product_id":"havana-fever-leonardo-padura-9781904738367","title":"Havana Fever","description":"\"The finest crime-fiction writer in the Spanish language...\"\u003ci\u003e--The London Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"Full of atmosphere and descriptions to savour, this is as much a life-affirming tribute to Havana as a fine novel of death and detection.\"\u003ci\u003e--The Independent\u003c\/i\u003e \"Police work is not merely a vocation but a metaphor for a futile yearning to solve the island's deepest crimes and misdemeanours.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eMario Conde has retired from the police force and makes a living trading in antique books. Havana is now flooded with dollars, populated by pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, and other hunters of the night. In the book collection of a rich Cuban who fled after the fall of Batista, Conde discovers an article about Violeta del Rio, a beautiful bolero singer of the 1950s who disappeared mysteriously. A murder soon follows. This is a crime story set in today's darker Cuba, but it is also an evocation of the Havana of Batista, the city of a hundred night clubs where the paths of Marlon Brando and Meyer Lansky crossed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProbably \u003cb\u003eLeonardo Padura\u003c\/b\u003e's best book, \u003ci\u003eHavana Fever\u003c\/i\u003e is many things: a suspenseful crime novel, a cruel family saga, and an ode to literature and his beloved, ravaged island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonardo Padura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1904738362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904738367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bitter Lemon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2009 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009 pg. 42","brand":"Leonardo Padura","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991175823615,"sku":"9781904738367","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40c315c5-42ba-4cd7-bb0c-ef8ea162bf70.jpg?v=1683308870","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/havana-fever-leonardo-padura-9781904738367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}