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Belle Nash and the Bath Circus
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Description
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?
Chris Hilton
Chris Hilton has visited Cuba over thirty times and lived there twice. The events described in this book took place in the early 2000s, during the final years of Fidel Castro and the coming of the internet, and proved life-changing for all those involved: the author, his friends and his enemies.
Metadata
Publisher: EnvelopeBooks
Extent: 314 pages
Size: 203mm x 127mm (8.0” x 5.0”)
ISBN: 9781915023124
Reviews
“A fantastic tale, full of pace and steeped in a sense of the place. Hilton really knows Havana – and there is no substitute for that.”
Matthew Parris
“Hilton’s book is a triumph – a delightful guide to the very special atmosphere of Cuba in the last years of the Castro family.”
Richard Gott
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