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The Attraction of Cuba
Chris Hilton
- Publication date
- 1 Nov. 2023
- Print length
- 314 pages
- Paperback ISBN-13
- 9781915023124
- Dimensions
- 203 × 127 mm
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- Customer reviews
The Attraction of Cuba
Matthew ParrisA fantastic tale, full of pace and steeped in a sense of the place. Hilton really knows Havana – and there is no substitute for that.
Richard GottHilton’s book is a triumph – a delightful guide to the very special atmosphere of Cuba in the last years of the Castro family.
About the book
Chris Hilton went to Havana in the early 2000s to escape the drudgery of life in England―and found himself mixed up with a variety of gangland chancers, all living on the edge of legality.
There was always the risk of their moneymaking schemes getting rumbled by the police but that’s what made it so compelling. And then there was Jamilia―a refugee from rural poverty, who’d come to the big city as a teenager, and been rescued from the streets by a terrifying family of small-time criminals.
“A little crazy is good,” Jamilia tells Chris― and a little crazy they become, living hard, loving hard and downing a deal of Cuban rum.
But how long can craziness last? And what happens when you need to escape from escapism?
There was always the risk of their moneymaking schemes getting rumbled by the police but that’s what made it so compelling. And then there was Jamilia―a refugee from rural poverty, who’d come to the big city as a teenager, and been rescued from the streets by a terrifying family of small-time criminals.
“A little crazy is good,” Jamilia tells Chris― and a little crazy they become, living hard, loving hard and downing a deal of Cuban rum.
But how long can craziness last? And what happens when you need to escape from escapism?
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Chris Hilton
About the author