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Dancing to "Almendra" - by  Mayra Montero (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Dancing to "Almendra" - by Mayra Montero (Paperback)

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  • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Havana, 1957.
  • About the Author: Mayra Montero is the author of a collection of short stories and of eight novels, including The Messenger, The Last Night I Spent with You, and Captain of the Sleepers.
  • 272 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in New York, a hippo escapes from the zoo. Assigned to cover the zoo story, a young Cuban journalist finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the two incidents in this intoxicating story of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love.



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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

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 zoo and is shot and killed by its pursuers. Assigned to cover the zoo story, Joaquin Porrata, a young Cuban journalist, finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the hippo's death and the mafioso's in this intoxicating story of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love.



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"I devoured it with absolute delight, and I'm looking forward to reading it again, and to reading anything Montero might come up with next." --The New York Times Book Review

"Montero exploits true crime, romance, family drama, cabaret, and even danzón. . . . Her new novel is a hell of a song." --San Francisco Chronicle

"[Montero] has crafted a story of pre-revolutionary Havana that crackles with violence, mystery, and a truly eccentric view of love. Imagine Raymond Carver crossed with Oscar Hijuelos's The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love." --O, The Oprah Magazine

"An extremely stylish novel . . . Montero is an energetic writer and Grossman's translation renders her prose into a wry, bawdy, delicious rhythm. . . . Here is a story of [Montero's] native country, marching toward the future one murder, one one-night stand, one dead hippo at a time. It's even more fun than it sounds." --The Star-Ledger (Newark)

"Montero has delivered a well-written, cinematic story that fairly steps off the page. Think Chinatown set in the late 1950s, pre-Castro Cuba." --The Plain Dealer

"Masterful . . . What a story! Montero has played her usual sleight of hand." --Houston Chronicle




About the Author



Mayra Montero is the author of a collection of short stories and of eight novels, including The Messenger, The Last Night I Spent with You, and Captain of the Sleepers. She was born in Cuba and lives in Puerto Rico, where she writes a weekly column in El Nuevo Dia newspaper.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Picador USA
Format: Paperback
Author: Mayra Montero
Language: English
Street Date: December 26, 2007
TCIN: 90815116
UPC: 9780312426736
Item Number (DPCI): 247-46-7073
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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