edited by Laura Lippman
294 pages, trade paperback original, $14.95
Brand new stories by: David Simon, Laura Lippman, Tim Cockey, Rob Hiaasen, Robert Ward, Sujata Massey, Jack Bludis, Dan Fesperman, Marcia Talley, Ben Neihart, Jim Fusilli, Rafael Alvarez, and others.
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—Publishers Weekly
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
PART I: SLEEPLESS IN HAVANA
MIGUEL MEJIDES: Old Havana
Nowhere Man
ENA LUCÍA PORTELA: Vedado
The Last Passenger
MYLENE FERNÁNDEZ PINTADO: Malecón
The Scene
LEONARDO PADURA: Marianao
Staring at the Sun
PART II: ESCAPE TO NOWHERE
CAROLINA GARCÍA-AGUILERA: Flores
The Dinner
PABLO MEDINA: Jaimanitas
Johnny Ventura’s Seventh Try
Shanghai
MOISÉS ASÍS: Ayestarán
Murder at 503 La Rosa
ARTURO ARANGO: El Cerro
Murder, According to My Mother-in-Law
PART III: SUDDEN RAGE
MARIELA VARONA ROQUE: Santos Suárez
The Orchid
MICHEL ENCINOSA FÚ Vibora
What for, This Burden
YOSS: Lawton
The Red Bridge
LEA ASCHKENAS: Centro Habana
La Coca-Cola del Olvido
PART IV: DROWNING IN SILENCE
Zenzizenzic
MABEL CUESTA: Regla
Virgins of Regla
ARNALDO CORREA: Casablanca
Olúo
OSCAR F. ORTÍZ: Cojímar
Settling of Scores
YOHAMNA DEPESTRE: Alamar
Abikú
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