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Dancing to "Almendra": A Novel
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4 out of 5
Based on 18 Ratings and 18 Reviews

Book Description

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

Havana, 1957. On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in a barber's chair in New York, a hippopotamus escapes from the zoo and is shot and killed by its pursuers. Assigned to cov... More

Book Information
PublisherPicador USA
BindingPaperback (9 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages272
ISBN-10B0035G034E
Publication Date12/26/2007
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About Mayra Montero (Author) : Mayra Montero is a published author. Some of the published credits of Mayra Montero include Dancing to "Almendra": A Novel, La trenza de la hermosa Luna, Deep Purple: A Novel.
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About E. Grossman (Translator) : E. Grossman is a published author and a translator. Some of the published credits of E. Grossman include The Feast of the Goat: A Novel, Dancing to "Almendra": A Novel, Love in the Time of Cholera (Pe... more
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