Cuba - The Land of Miracles

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A near objective account of Cuba's unique mix of communism and Voodoo.
Stephen Smith ponders the paradox that is Cuba. His aim is an interview with Fidel Castro, but the path to this is a long and meandering one. After settling into a small flat in Havana he sets out to explore and understand Castro's Cuba - its people, religions, cults, nightlife, sex life and aspirations for the future.

For a growing number of British holidaymakers, Cuba is a Caribbean paradise, but it is also a land of cutbacks and economic instability. Stephen Smith comes to live on the island, and his search for the real Cuba inevitably weaves through his search for Fidel Castro too. Before meeting his quarry, Smith travels extensively through the 'land of miracles' in an old American automobile. His highly-personalised account features a bloody initiation into a voodoo- like cult, dining on giant rat, and checking into the Love Hotel. And he goes on manoeuvres in the Everglades with armed, but not especially competent, Cuban exiles dreaming of a second Bay of Pigs.

With disarming wit and considerable insight, Stephen Smith investigates a country where communism and voodoo coexist, and where the influence of its leader of forty years continues to throw a long shadow. What is most refreshing about Stephen Smith's book is that politics takes a back seat to the individual stories about the people and everyday life in Cuba.
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Weight 0.230000
Author Stephen Smith
Availability IP
Department Travel Writing
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780349119670
Pages 320
Published 03/11/2005
Publisher Abacus
Section Travel Writing: General
Size Unfolded 13x20cm
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