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In 1993 Cuba is in its worst economic crisis. In desperate times Julia, a young math professor whose career is stuck, hears of a lost scientific document which she believes can bring her renown. Julia‘s search reveals others who seek to rescue themselves with this document. Julia says she is thinking mathematically but I didn‘t see that. Although the plot device is ridiculous, Suárez expertly sets up a fascinating world and realistic characters.

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I didn‘t manage to find any Cuban food this month unfortunately, but I am using my last day in the Lake District with my boyfriends family to read this book set in Cuba in the 90s after the fall of the societ Union. I don‘t know that I love the book for the plot and writing but I am enjoying learning more about cuba, I think this is my first ever Cuban novel

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Finished! A week Before the book group meeting! No one is more surprised than me...

Thought this could have done with some pruning, but a fascinating look at life in Cuba after Russia collapsed. A mathematician gets caught up in a plan to sell a rare document documenting the real invention of the telephone, years before Bell. Things gets very complicated when she falls for one of her co-conspirators.

Enjoying reading with a new view: first time in over a year!