Miami is not just a portrait of a city, but a masterly study of immigration and exile, passion, hypocrisy, and political violence, from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean.
It is where Fidel Castro raised money to overthrow Batista and where two generations of Castro’s enemies have raised armies to overthrow him, so far without success. It is where the bitter opera of Cuban exile intersects with the cynicism of U.S. foreign policy. It is a city whose skyrocketing murder rate is fueled by the cocaine trade, racial discontent, and an undeclared war on the island ninety miles to the south.
As Didion follows Miami’s drift into a Third World capital, she also locates its position in the secret history of the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs to the Reagan doctrine and from the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate break-in.
Publisher : Vintage; First Edition (September 29, 1998)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 0679781803
ISBN-13 : 978-0679781806
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.12 x 0.62 x 7.98 inches
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Customers find the book interesting and a must-read for those interested in Miami, Florida, and Cuban politics. They appreciate the author’s style and idiosyncratic writing style. However, some readers feel the satire and sarcastic reporting are overdone. Opinions differ on the writing style, with some finding it well-written and amazing, while others consider it page-long sentences and awkward.
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