Close But No Cigar: A True Story Of Prison Life In Castro&Apos S Cuba Stephen Purvis Weidenfeld Nicolson Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Politics -

Winner Of The Crime Writers\ Association Gold Dagger For Non-Fiction 2017\ In Its Tragic Absurdity Close But No Cigar Reads Like A Graham Greene Story With Cast Characters To Make Hemingway Proud\ Daily Telegraphfor Over Decade Stephen Purvis Had Been Pillar Havana\ S Expat Community One Many Foreign Businessmen Investing Cuba\ Crawl From Cold War Communism Towards Modernity Reasons Unknown Him He Was Also Under State Security\ Microscope Morning During Height President Raúl Castro\ Purges 2012 While His Family Slept Unmarked Ladas Security Arrived At Home And Taken Away Into Absurd Brutal World Cuban Justice This Engrossing Memoir Recounts Fifteen-Month Ordeal Accused First Selling Secrets Is Notorious Interrogation Centre Villa Marista Where Endures Conditions Designed By Kgb Stasi Break Bodies Minds Spies Political Prisoners Resists Paranoia Incompetence Jailers Later Held Maximum-Security Prison Finds Himself Surrounded Motley Crew Convicts: People-Smugglers Drug-Runners Together Handful Confused Awaiting Formal Charges Arrest Farcical Secret Trial Sudden Release Exposes Madness Modern Cuba Wit Grit Sharp Eye Character As Tourists Flock Havana Marvel City Frozen Time Shows That Despite Reforms International Reconciliation Castro Regime Remains Corrupt Dictatorial Relic Part Thriller Comedy Morality Tale Most All True Takes Reader Dark Side Sunny Place An Enigma Σελίδες: 272 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0410 Διαστάσεις: 19 9X19 9Cm