Twenty-four year old Lissette Delgado was beaten, raped, and then strangled with a towel. Marijuana is found in her apartment and her wardrobe is suspiciously beyond the means of a high school teacher. Lieutenant Conde is pressured by “the highest authority” to conclude this investigation quickly when chance leads him into the arms of a beautiful redhead, a saxophone player who shares his love for jazz and Japanese fighting fish.
This is a Havana of crumbling, grand buildings, secrets hidden behind faded doors and corruption. For an author living in Cuba, Padura is remarkably outspoken about the failings of Castro’s regime. Yet this is a eulogy of Cuba, its life of music, sex and the great friendships of those who elected to stay and fight for survival.
Author Information
Leonardo Padura was born in 1955 in Havana and lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. Havana Black has been published in Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Germany and France.
The Translator
Peter Bush is an award-winning translator who lives in Barcelona. As well as translating Padura's Havana quintet and Solana's Barcelona trio, he has recently translated short story collections by Quim Monzó and Francesc Serés from Catalan and surrealistic satires by Juan Goytisolo and Ramón Valle-Inclán from Spanish.
Other books in the series
Havana Black by Leonardo Padura
ISBN: 9781904738-187
Price: £9.99 and $14.95
Havana Red by Leonardo Padura
ISBN: 978-1904738-09-1
Price: £8.99 and $13.95
Havana Blue by Leonardo Padura
ISBN: PB 9781904738220
Price: £8.99 and $14.95
Havana Fever by Leonardo Padura
ISBN: 978-1904738-367
Price: £8.99 and $14.95
Praise for Havana Gold
'A textured treat for those who like their detective fiction served long and lazy with a double shot of rum...' Financial Times
'Padura's tormented Cuban police detective at his anguished best.' Publishers Weekly
