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Havana Noir

Havana Noir

Author(s): Achy Obejas

Location(s): Havana

Genre(s): Crime, Fiction

Era(s): Various

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To most outsiders, Havana is a tropical wreckage of sin, sex and noise, a parallel world familiar but exotic – and embargoed enough to serve as a release valve for whatever pulse has been repressed or denied. Features brand new stories by: Leonardo Padura, Pablo Medina, Alex Abella, Miguel Mejides, Ena Lucia Portela, Mylene Fernandez Pintado, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Moises Asis, Arturo Arango, Mariela Varona Roque, Michel Encinosa Fu, Yoss, Lea Aschkenas, Achy Obejas, Mabel Cuesta, Arnaldo Correa, Oscar F. Ortiz and Yohamna Depestre

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Very gritty, can be very edgey, yet if you know Havana then this is a must-read. The stories are set around Havana, are very varied 9beware, some are near the bone) but could imagine...

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