Havana Red (Mario Conde Investigates) - Softcover

Padura, Leonardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904738095 ISBN 13: 9781904738091

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press, 2005

Synopsis

“A magnificent novel. Haunted by the tragic story and passion of its characters.”—Magazine Littéraire

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.

Leonardo Padura lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. Havana Red has won numerous literary prizes, including the Hammett prize in Spain.

About this title

About the Author:

Leonardo Padura was born in 1955 in Havana. He is a prize winning novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. International fame came with the publication of the Havana Quartet, all featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde, of which Havana Black is the second to be available in English.The Quartet has been translated into seven languages and has won numerous prizes including Spain's Hammett Prize.

Leonardo Padura has just won the 2015 Princess of Asturias Literary prize for his life’s work. This prize is said to be the Spanish Nobel Prize. Previous winners include Philip Roth, John Banville, Margaret Atwood, Amin Maalouf and Ismail Kadare. Padura is most famous for his Inspector Mario Conde novels, all published in English by Bitter Lemon Press.

Review:

Another winner from the same publisher, HAVANA RED is an innovative take on the traditional detective story. Marilyn Stasio -- New York Times, August 14, 2005

About this edition

• Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1904738095
• ISBN 13: 9781904738091
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310