Dirty Havana Trilogy

Dirty Havana Trilogy

by Natasha Wimmer (Translator), Natasha Wemmer (Translator), Pedro Juan Gutierrez (Author)

Synopsis

Pedro Juan was a reporter in Havana, but as existence in Cuba and his own life begin to collapse around him, he gives up the farce of a daily job, and begins to train himself to take nothing seriously. His training involves lots of sex, drugs, rum, jazz, beat literature and street philosophy.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 02 Jan 2002

ISBN 10: 0571206263
ISBN 13: 9780571206261
Book Overview: Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pedro Juan Gutierrez is a visceral picaresque, a damning portrait of vice and poverty, and an insane journey into the condemned soul of a sexual deviant.

Media Reviews
Grotesquely compelling...Pedro Juan Gutierrez appears destined to become a cult writer.' TLS 'A tale of human ingenuity and hidden hopefulness overcoming near-insuperable odds.' Guardian 'One of the sexiest books I have read in a long time.' David Profumo, Literary Review
Author Bio
Pedro Juan Gutierrez began his working life at the age of eleven, as an ice-cream vendor and newsboy. He is the author of Dirty Havana Trilogy, Tropical Animal and The Insatiable Spider Man, and several works of poetry. His latest novel, Our GG in Havana, was published by Faber in 2010.