Dancing to Almendra by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman
Dancing to Almendra

Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman

Dancing to Almendra

Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman with Mayra Montero (Translator)

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emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
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Dancing to Almendra by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman is a captivating read for anyone who craves a rich, atmospheric tale of mystery, love, and self-discovery, set against the vibrant and tumultuous backdrop of 1950s Havana, where the lines between truth and deception blur and the city's secrets are waiting to be uncovered.

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Havana, 1957. On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in a barber's chair in New York, a hippopotamus escapes from the Havana zoo and is shot and killed by its pursuers. Assigned to cover the zoo story, Joaquín Porrat...

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