Slow Train to Guantanamo
$41.73
- Paperback
262 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2013
Summary
Slow Train to Guantanamo: A Cuban Railway Odyssey
It is an island more than 1000 kilometres long and was the sixth in the world (before its colonial master Spain) to have a national rail network. Cuba today feels like a nation at the end of a long, hard war. Peter Millar jumps aboard a railway system that was once the pride of Latin America and is now a crippled casualty case to undertake a railway odyssey the length of Cuba in the dying days of the Castro regime.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781908129505 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1908129506 |
| Author: | Peter Millar |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 262 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 139mm x 214mm |
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Critics Review
”[A] charming, witty, but sometimes sad memoir that offers a portrait of a nation on the cusp of enormous change… An enjoyable, informative glimpse at a Cuba seldom seen by Americans.” – Booklist “Booklist”
About The Author
Peter Millar
Peter Millar is the author of the novel “Tomorrow Belongs to Me.” He lives in London.
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