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Dirty Havana Trilogy

Pedro Juan Gutierrez author Natasha Wimmer translator Natasha Wemmer translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:2nd Jan '02

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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.

Dirty Havana Trilogy tells the story of Pedro Juan, an ex-radio journalist who wanders from one odd job to the next, half-disgusted and half-fascinated by his predicament.Dirty Havana Trilogy tells the story of Pedro Juan, an ex-radio journalist who wanders from one odd job to the next, half-disgusted and half-fascinated by his predicament. Working as a garbage-man, dealing on the black market, selling marijuana, and hustling lady tourists off the streets, Pedro Juan throws himself wholeheartedly into the pleasures of the flesh in his squalid surroundings: drink, sex and more sex. A visceral and unforgettable picaresque, a damning portrait of vice and poverty, and an insane journey into the condemned soul of a sexual deviant, Dirty Havana Trilogy is a Tropic of Cancer for these times.

"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

ISBN: 9780571206261

Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 24mm

Weight: 300g

400 pages

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