pickThis book came out in 1987 and relates the ins and outs of Cuban exile politics as played out in Miami, Florida. After Castro removed Batista from power, a lot of Cubans fled to the US and most took up residence in Miami. Because this was during the Cold War era, it was expected that the US would provide the means to remove Castro and thwart communism there. These hopes were never fulfilled. Four stars
"The buildings themselves seemed to swim free against the sky: there had grown up in Miami during the recent money years an architecture which appeared to have slipped its moorings, a not inappropriate style for a terrain with only a provisional claim on being land at all. Surfaces were reflective, opalescent. Angles were oblique, intersecting to disorienting effect."
An eldritch city.
#SongsOfSummer Day 21: Did not realize there were so many #Miami themed novels! Tagged book is what I am most interested in.
Water so clear, you can see to the bottom
Hundred-thousand dollar cars, e'ybody got em
Ain't no surprise in the club to see Sly, Stallone
Miami, my second home🎶
#miami #songsofsummer @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
Saw this outside one of my favorite restaurants.
#happyreading #tbr #grababook #freebooks
Unpacked most of the kids books and getting ready to box them to hand out at the fair. #MiamiBookFair #amazing
Author‘s backpacks we stuffed with goodies. 500 to be exact. Good stuff happening here next week. #miamibookfair
Volunteering at #miamibookfair. Opens tomorrow if anyone is around. It runs through next weekend. Those boxes are all children‘s books. Every child coming gets one free. #amazing
Will any one be at the Miami book fair ? I will be volunteering three different days. I‘d love to meet some of you if you are planning to be there. #miamibookfair
so-soInformative but didn't amount to anything too interesting or emotional. A little in the beginning but the Washington aspect was boring to me.
I spotted an #IndieBookstore . I hope I get to visit it! #GetIndie
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