Castro's CurveballRecently widowed and now retired, Billy Bryan is "coming to the end of many things". Then a long-forgotten scrapbook stirs memories of a distant past -- and beckons him and his grown daughter on a reluctant journey to relive his role in history. In 1947 Billy Bryan is playing winter ball in Cuba, his future as uncertain as that island country's. Then one fateful night Bryan witnesses a young student radical named Fidel unleash an amazing curveball. So begins Billy's tug-of-war with destiny.... |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 8 |
Section 3 | 9 |
Section 4 | 22 |
Section 5 | 23 |
Section 6 | 33 |
Section 7 | 50 |
Section 8 | 51 |
Section 18 | 161 |
Section 19 | 168 |
Section 20 | 177 |
Section 21 | 189 |
Section 22 | 198 |
Section 23 | 199 |
Section 24 | 212 |
Section 25 | 213 |
Section 9 | 69 |
Section 10 | 76 |
Section 11 | 77 |
Section 12 | 87 |
Section 13 | 108 |
Section 14 | 117 |
Section 15 | 121 |
Section 16 | 134 |
Section 17 | 151 |
Section 26 | 220 |
Section 27 | 230 |
Section 28 | 239 |
Section 29 | 251 |
Section 30 | 257 |
Section 31 | 265 |
Section 32 | 271 |
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