Welcome to Havana, Señor Hemingway"My grandfather knocked down Ernest Hemingway, or so I was told..." So begins an intriguing journey of discovery to Cuba. Many years ago, Javier Lopez Angulo met the celebrated writer in Prohibition-era Havana. Now, his grandson returns to the island to find out why their friendship ended so abruptly. The result is a richly detailed historical novel. which brings to life the Golden Age of Havana in the 1930s and presents a fresh portrait of Hemingway from a Cuban perspective.--From publisher description |
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