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by Leonardo Padura (Author), Peter Bush (Translator)

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Paperback: 255 pages
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press (Jun 1 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 190473815X
ISBN-13: 978-1904738152
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 259 g

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At the start of the well-plotted second volume of Padura's seething, steamy Havana Quartet (after 2005's Havana Red), Cuban detective Mario Conde (aka "the Count") is approaching the end of his police career and his 36th birthday with drunken abandon while also anticipating, almost welcoming, the arrival of a devastating hurricane. Fed up with the latest departmental purges, which have claimed his boss and mentor, Major Rangel, Conde resigns from the department only to be offered a challenge and a bargain by Rangel's newly appointed replacement. If he can solve the brutal murder of a highly placed Cuban defector within three days, Conde's resignation will be accepted without prejudice. Padura grounds his tale against a backdrop of governmental corruption, the broken promises of the Cuban revolution and the difficult relations between those Cubans who fled the Castro regime and those who stayed. This densely packed mystery's unusual locale should attract readers outside the genre. (June)
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In the third Mario "the Count" Conde mystery to appear in English (after Adios, Hemingway and Havana Red, both 2005), Miguel Forcade is found washed ashore, having been dispatched with a baseball bat and emasculated with a dull kitchen knife. Coaxed from intended retirement to uncover what might have tempted the presumably corrupt diplomat and defector to return to his native Cuba, Inspector Conde finds no shortage of Maltese falcons hidden away amidst seedy squalor during the revolution. Padura's world is both as unknowable as lost love and as simple as a stray dog, and his prose is given to lush and loquacious ruminations rife with doom and duende somewhat reminiscent of Paco Ignacio Taibo's more contemplative side. While perhaps not as accessible as L. A. Garcia-Roza or Arnaldo Correa, this series is drenched with that beguiling otherness so appealing to the many fans of mysteries from other cultures, and may also please those who appreciate the sultry lyricism of James Lee Burke. For most libraries. David Wright
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4.0 out of 5 stars Havana Life, April 4 2009

By	Bernie Koenig (London, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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After spending two holidays in Cuba it was great reading a novel set there.
This is the last novel in what is known as the Havana Quartet; four novels, each set in a different season over the course of a year--1989-1990.

The main character is a detective and we get to see Mario Conde, or the Count as he is known, go through police procedures to solve crimes.

But while they are detective novels, they are really novels about Mario's day to day life. We learn about his school days, we meet his close friends, we see how he lives. We see how important rum is.

Mario is divorced. We learn little about his marriage. But we do learn about other women in his life.

But mostly we see the Count with his friends. There is Skinny, who used to be skinny but is now confined to a wheel chair due to a wound received when he was with Cuban troops in Angola. Skinny's mother always has lots of food and the implication is she gets it on the black market. Skinny's mother, Josephine, is like a mother to Conde. She is always feeding him.

We see that the Havana of that period was not the greatest time. But we see the characters living full lives. Money may be in short supply, but friendship and camaraderie are plentiful. Friendships make the characters.

And the crimes are crimes. There is murder, there is corruption, there is rivalry. But while a crime is a crime, the setting makes these books that much more interesting.

It is always fun reading a book set somewhere you have been and you can picture yourself on the same streets being described in the book. You can say that you saw the crime scene.

The Count is a complex character, always wondering why he joined the force. he really doesn't enjoy being a police officer, but he doesn't know what else he wants either. And he is a very good detective, using regular police procedures and his insight.

A very enjoyable character driven series in a different locale.

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