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Starred Review on September 1, 2011
Pulitzer Prize winner Kennedy's (Roscoe) latest is an amalgam of politics, mysticism, gangsters, romance, jazz, and Hemingway. Set against the backdrop of Castro's overthrow of Batista and the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, the plot unfurls through the eyes of Daniel Quinn, a young reporter visiting Havana in 1957 in search of a story. In the Floridita bar, Quinn meets Hemingway; Renata Suárez Otero, a beautif...Log In or Sign Up to Read More