Three Trapped Tigers : First thus

Infante, G. Cabrera

ISBN 10: 0571153690 / ISBN 13: 9780571153695

Published by Faber and Faber, London, United Kingdom, 1989

About this Item

British re-issue edition, first printing, 1989. First thus. With original unclipped jacket (£12.99). Jacket has patchy edge/shelf wear, a couple of small (approx. 1cm) tears, one small chip to back upper corner of spine, the odd small mark, little dustiness/odd spot of foxing to reverse (white side), minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners and the odd small crease/rub to edges. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners and very minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top of pages slightly dusty with the odd small mark and (quite) severe foxing. Pages are tanned (due to quality of paper used). Odd spot of light foxing to page edges. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three Trapped Tigers : First thus
• Publisher: Faber and Faber, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571153690
• ISBN 13: 9780571153695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Cabrera Infante's masterpiece, Three Trapped Tigers is one of the most playful books to reach the U.S. from Cuba. Filled with puns, wordplay, lists upon lists, and Sternean typography—such as the section entitled "Some Revelations," which consists of several blank pages—this novel has been praised as a more modern, sexier, funnier, Cuban Ulysses.

Centering on the recollections of a man separated from both his country and his youth, Cabrera Infante creates an enchanting vision of life and the many colorful characters found in steamy Havana's pre-Castro cabaret society.

"Three Trapped Tigers is a remarkable book. I doubt a funnier book has been written in Spanish since Don Quixote . . . It is also one of the most inventive novels that has come out of Latin America, and that is saying a great deal." —New York Times

About the Author

Infante, born in Cuba, was a supporter of the revolution and a cultural attache to Brussels under Castro's regime until his journal was censored and shut down by the new government. In 1965 he went into exile and b ecme one of the earliest and most outspoken of Castro's Cuban critics.