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Dancing To 'almendra'
[Paperback - 2008]
mayra montero
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Category: Fiction
Sub-category: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Picador Uk | ISBN: 9780330449311 | Pages: 272
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Havana 1957.

On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in a barber s chair in New York, a hippopotamus escapes from Havana Zoo. Joaquin Porrata is the young Cuban journalist assigned to cover the latter story but, told by a secretive zookeeper that he `knows too much , he soon discovers that the two events are not as unconnected as they might initially seem.

An ardent and thrilling tale of innocence lost, of Havana s secret one-time world of violence, fantastic characters and extravagant crimes, Dancing to `Almendra is a triumph of story-telling from one of Latin America s most impassioned and intoxicating voices.

`Brilliant . . . Montero moves her story along at a lick, but in the giddy swirl of events she leaves plenty of space for absurdist humour. She handles this blend of fact and fiction with brio Observer

`Combining the dangerous world of violence with the glittering surface of Havana s nightlife, this is an intoxicating tale Metro

`A sensitive and touching novel Big Issue

`Brilliant . . . Dancing to `Almendra is an exuberant must-read Observer

About the Author

Mayra Montero is the author of a collection of short stories and several novels. She was born in Cuba and lives in Puerto Rico, where she writes a weekly column for the newspaper El Nuevo Dia.

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