Title: Bravo! A page turner that finally gets Cuba right
Product review: As a frequent traveller to Cuba I have been put off by any novel that uses Cuba as mere background. Martin Cruz Smith's characters, whether Cuban, Russian or American- are as richly rendered as Graham Greene's. Inspector Arkady is fragile yet effective. Present day Havana is felt on every page- the faded colors, the changing light, the evocative scent. Havana Bay is a novel full of surprises- it returned me to Cuba and well beyond. The author's brilliant portrayal of Fidel Castro in the climax is both riveting and revealing. -Al Gowan, author of SANTIAGO RAG, a novel of the Spanish-Cuban-American war of 1898, also available at Amazon.com
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