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020			_a9781904738091 º
082	0		_aLAS FIC PAD
100	1		_aPadura, Leonardo _d(, 1955-)
245	1	0	_aHavana red _c/ Leonardo Padura
260			_aLondon _b: Bitter Lemon Press _c, 2009, c1997.
300			_aix, 233 p. _c; 20 cm.
500			_aTranslation of: Máscaras.
520			_a"A magnificent novel. Haunted by the tragic story and passion of its characters."-Magazine Litteraire The first of the Havana quartet featuring Inspector Mario Conde, a tropical Marlowe. A young transvestite in a beautiful red dress is found strangled in a Havana park. Conde's investigation into a violent murder exposes a stifling, corrupt society, a Cuban reality where nothing is what it seems. A dark and fascinating world of men and women born in the revolution who live without dreaming of exile and seek their identity in the midst of disaster. Leonardo Padura lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. Havana Red has won numerous literary prizes, including the Hammett prize in Spain.
650		4	_aPolice _z--Cuba _z--Havana _v--Fiction
655		7	_aMystery fiction
942			_cMO
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