Close But No Cigar
A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's Cuba
$57.97
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2018
Summary
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 a cast of characters to make Hemingway proud’ Daily Telegraph
For over a decade Stephen Purvis had been a pillar of Havana’s expat community, one of many foreign businessmen investing in Cuba’s crawl from Cold War communism towards modernity. But for reasons unknown to him he was also un…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474605069 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474605060 |
| Author: | Stephen Purvis |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 199mm x 19mm |
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In its tragic absurdity, Close but No Cigar reads like a Graham Greene story, with a cast of characters to make Hemingway proud … [This] tale should be read by anyone who wants to understand what lies beyond the beaches and Bacardi - DAILY TELEGRAPH
An utterly mesmerising, sometimes grimly funny account of a year spent in a Cuban prison on trumped-up charges. Stephen Purvis has the gift of unshakeably transfixing the reader - Crime TimeAbout The Author
Stephen Purvis
Stephen Purvis is a Wimbledon-born architect. In 2000 he moved with his wife and four young children to Havana, where his building projects included factories, luxury hotels and a container port. In his thirteen years in Cuba he became a longstanding director of the international school, enjoyed a spot of boxing and the odd cigar, took up painting and to the surprise of all co-produced with Sadler’s Wells Theatre the hit dance show Havana Rakatan. He returned to Britain in 2013 and now works in Myanmar.
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