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Havana, New Year's Eve 1957, a terrorist bomb rips through the Tropicana nightclub. King Bongo, a rogue Cuban-American, tortured by a mysterious past and possessed of a mythic musical talent, goes on the hunt for the culprits, and for his sister, Cuba's most exotic showgirl, who disappeared in the explosion.
Navigating Havana's maze of Colonial backstreets, red-light districts, swank country clubs, and opulent casinos, Bongo encounters an outrageous cast of characters--American hit men, decadent movie stars, prophetic shoeshine boys, and a beautiful American socialite. At the center of the mystery is a sinister secret police operative with whom Bongo is destined to have a lethal showdown.
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Navigating Havana's maze of Colonial backstreets, red-light districts, swank country clubs, and opulent casinos, Bongo encounters an outrageous cast of characters--American hit men, decadent movie stars, prophetic shoeshine boys, and a beautiful American socialite. At the center of the mystery is a sinister secret police operative with whom Bongo is destined to have a lethal showdown.
"Unflinching realism . . . a passport into Cuba's many layers, comfortable with the sun-kissed and the damned." "--The""Miami Herald
""Big-picture, epic story-telling...full of believable myth. Sanchez has taken the entire historical and cross-cultural immensity of [Havana] and telescoped it into an intricately twisted mystery." "--San Francisco Chronicle."
"An exotic portrait of sex, violence, corruption and conspiracy in Cuba."" --Washington Post
""As propulsive as the Gulf Stream. King Bongo""uses the conventions of the thriller, mixed with a little magical realism and a lot of parody, to approach serious issues from a different angle."" --Los Angeles Times
""It's fast. It's a thriller. It's sexy and violent. . . . The narration is as propulsive as the Gulf Stream." --The Los Angeles Times
"An exotic portrait of sex, violence, corruption and conspiracy." --The Washington Post
"Big-picture, epic story-telling. . . . Sanchez has taken the ent
""Big-picture, epic story-telling...full of believable myth. Sanchez has taken the entire historical and cross-cultural immensity of [Havana] and telescoped it into an intricately twisted mystery." "--San Francisco Chronicle."
"An exotic portrait of sex, violence, corruption and conspiracy in Cuba."" --Washington Post
""As propulsive as the Gulf Stream. King Bongo""uses the conventions of the thriller, mixed with a little magical realism and a lot of parody, to approach serious issues from a different angle."" --Los Angeles Times
""It's fast. It's a thriller. It's sexy and violent. . . . The narration is as propulsive as the Gulf Stream." --The Los Angeles Times
"An exotic portrait of sex, violence, corruption and conspiracy." --The Washington Post
"Big-picture, epic story-telling. . . . Sanchez has taken the ent
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- Publication date2007
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: NEUF. Cuba en 1957. La présence américaine est à son apogée : les casinos illuminés, les hôtels luxueux, les boîtes de nuit scandaleuses fleurissent. La riche clientèle en mal de dépaysement défile sur le Malecón à bord de rutilants bolides. La mafia contrôle le terrain tandis que Batista, l'homme de paille des États-Unis, est confronté à la rébellion des « barbus » qui, menés par Castro, se cachent dans les montagnes et font sauter des bombes dans les lieux branchés où se pressent les étrangers.King Bongo, un métis à moitié américain, exerce le métier de vendeur d'assurances et parfois de détective privé. Homme de la nuit, grand joueur de percussions, il connaît tout de l'île. Il a ses entrées dans les clubs les plus sélects et côtoie Zapata, membre de la police secrète qui traque sans merci les révolutionnaires.Sur la scène du mondialement connu Tropicana, alors que l'on célèbre le réveillon, « la Panthère », la soeur de Bongo, danse et hypnotise les spectateurs par sa beauté et sa grâce. Soudain, une bombe explose et la Panthère disparaît. - Nombre de page(s) : 1 vol. (448 p.) - Poids : 235g - Langue : fre - Genre : Policier / Thriller format poche. Seller Inventory # N9782070347117
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