From Publishers Weekly
"Cuba seems to have the same effect on American administrations that the full moon used to have on werewolves." Such sharp observations lift the pseudonymous Blackthorn's taut and moody debut, in which a long-buried leftover from the Cuban missile crisis threatens the 40th anniversary of Castro's revolution, to a high level. The sons of a legendary CIA agent and a bitter Russian general stand at the heart of this gripping post-Cold War thriller. The Russian son, Viktor Isakov, is selling two tactical nuclear weapons (hidden in Cuba by his father in 1962) to a Cuban exile group called Bravo 99, which plans to blow up Castro, and most of Havana, during its January 1, 1999, anniversary celebration. The American son, a 36-year-old professor named McLemore, is in Cuba to research what really went on during the missile crisis. Despite his family history (his father was shot as a spy while the crisis was at its height), McLemore considers himself above politics. But in Blackthorn's Cuba, everything is political?which is why, when McLemore discovers the existence of the hidden nukes, and both the CIA and the Cuban Security Police want to enlist his help in stopping the Bravo group, he has an irrevocable choice to make. Blackthorn (a "world-renowned American political figure") writes in a terse, authoritative style, creating a strong sense of Cuba and its crucial place in the American political consciousness. His assured debut reads like the work of someone who's been perusing this terrain for years. Audio rights to Soundelux.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
The title sins were committed by the generation that made Cuba a pawn in the Cold War. An American academic comes to today's Cuba for research on the missile crisis, in which his father was somehow involved. This leads him into embroilment in an insidious plot of urban terrorism by Cuban reactionaries. Though the pseudonymous author is advertised as "a political figure whose name is known in international capitals and intelligence circles," he has penned a conventional and unconvincing thriller. What elevates the audiobook version is the excellent narration by Julio Perez. A newcomer, Perez sounds as if he's no more than 18 or 19 years old, yet he has considerable talent and technique. We look forward to more from him. Y.R. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine--
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