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The Figure in the Photograph

The Figure in the Photograph
  • Author(s): Kevin Sullivan
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of), Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1898

1898. When Juan’s father is killed while working as a photographer in Cuba, the young man is left with nothing but his last photos amid the chaos as the war between Spain and America escalates. But the images reveal...

The Heat of Havana

The Heat of Havana
  • Author(s): John Swallow
  • Location(s): Havana
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Present day

The Heat of Havana finds Detective Jussi Alonen settled down in Rauma once again. However, little does he know that a thrilling new adventure awaits him, one which will not only reconnect him with an old flame but also...

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes
  • Author(s): Chanel Cleeton
  • Location(s): Boston, Havana, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1900s to contemporary

A mysterious book with a legacy spanning from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day unites three women–and their secrets–in this unforgettable novel from New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton.   London, 2024: American expat...

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea
  • Author(s): Ernest Hemingway
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal:...

The Third Hotel

The Third Hotel
  • Author(s): Laura van den Berg
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In Laura van den Berg’s surreal, mystifying, and deeply felt second novel, Clare, recently widowed, arrives in Havana, Cuba, to attend the 36th annual Festival of New Latin American Cinema, which her horror-loving film-professor husband, Richard, had purchased tickets...

The Transparency of Time

The Transparency of Time
  • Author(s): Leonardo Padura, Anna Kushner (Translator)
  • Location(s): Havana
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Moern looking back

Mario Conde is facing down his sixtieth birthday. What does he have to show for his decades on the planet? A failing body, a slower mind, and a decrepit country, in which both the ideals and failures of the...

When We Left Cuba

When We Left Cuba
  • Author(s): Chanel Cleeton
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of), Florida
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

In 1960s Florida, a young Cuban exile will risk her life—and heart—to take back her country in this exhilarating historical novel from the author of The Last Train to Key West and Next Year in Havana,a Reese Witherspoon Book Club...

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