{"product_id":"havana-lunar-robert-arellano-9781933354682","title":"Havana Lunar","description":"\u003cp\u003e--\u003cem\u003eHavana Lunar\u003c\/em\u003e named a Notable Selection in \u003cem\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/em\u003e's 10 Best Crime Novels of the Last Decade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003cem\u003eHavana Lunar\u003c\/em\u003e is perfect.\" --Tim McLoughlin, author of \u003cem\u003eHeart of the Old Country\u003c\/em\u003e, editor of \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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 \u003cem\u003ejinetera\u003c\/em\u003e named Julia. She takes refuge in his clinic to break away from the abusive \u003cem\u003echulo\u003c\/em\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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by fifty years of Cuban noir, from the \u003cem\u003eCold Tales of Virgilio Piñera\u003c\/em\u003e to Reinaldo Arenas' \u003cem\u003eBefore Night Falls\u003c\/em\u003e, Arellano's \u003cem\u003eHavana Lunar\u003c\/em\u003e intertwines an insider testimony on the collapse of socialist Cuba with a psychological mystery that climaxes in the eye of Hurricane Andrew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Arellano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933354682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933354682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009 pg. 45","brand":"Robert Arellano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442663076095,"sku":"9781933354682","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_100d660d-ad82-48ec-b8b2-75a58d785242.jpg?v=1777198919","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/havana-lunar-robert-arellano-9781933354682","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}