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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Told with wry wit and keen insight, this entertaining and richly satisfying story about a fictionalized Fidel Castro-like octogenarian Cuban exile obsessed with seeking revenge against the dictator--from the National Book Award finalist and author of "Dreaming in Cuban."
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
When his family's restaurant and Cuban American neighborhood in Miami are threatened by a greedy land developer, thirteen-year-old Arturo, joined by Carmen, a cute poetry enthusiast, fight back, discovering the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí.
Author
Series
Publisher
Polis Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A year has passed since Pete Fernandez's latest, closest brush with death. After months of recovery, the newly sober Pete has managed to rebuild his life, contentedly running a small Miami bookstore and steering clear of the dangers of private eye work. So when an aging Cuban mobster asks Pete to find out who killed his drug-addicted, jazz pianist son and to locate his missing daughter-in-law, Pete balks. Until another victim suggests that the murder...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Failed Pitbull impersonator Ismael Reyes--you can call him Izzy--might not be the Scarface type, but why should that keep him from trying? Growing up in Miami has shaped him into someone who dreams of being the King of the 305, with the money, power, and respect he assumes comes with it. After finding himself at the mercy of a cease-and-desist letter from Pitbull's legal team and living in his aunt's garage-turned-efficiency, Izzy embarks on an absurd...
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