Havana Red (Mario Conde Investigates)

Havana Red (Mario Conde Investigates)

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<div><p>“A magnificent novel. Haunted by the tragic story and passion of its characters.”—<i>Magazine Littéraire</i></p><p>The first of the Havana quartet featuring Inspector Mario Conde, a tropical Marlowe. A young transvestite in a beautiful red dress is found strangled in a Havana park. Conde’s investigation into a violent murder exposes a stifling, corrupt society, a Cuban reality where nothing is what it seems. A dark and fascinating world of men and women born in the revolution who live without dreaming of exile and seek their identity in the midst of disaster.</p><p><b>Leonardo Padura</b> lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. <i>Havana Red</i> has won numerous literary prizes, including the Hammett prize in Spain.</p></div>