""Serie Mario Conde / 6to título. La verdad nunca contada de La Habana. Esta ciudad aquejada de cansancio histórico es la atmósfera idónea para una historia de amor. de música y de asesinatos durante la época de la revolución"--Times Literary Supplement."
"La Habana, verano de 2003. Han trascurrido catorce años desde que el teniente investigador Mario Conde, desencantado, abandonara la policía. En esos años han ocurrido muchos cambios en Cuba, y también en la vida de Mario Conde. Su inclinación por la literatura y la necesidad de ganarse la vida lo han llevado a dedicarse a la compra y venta de libros de segunda mano. El hallazgo fortuito de una valiosísima biblioteca le coloca al borde de un magnífico negocio, capaz de aliviar sus penurias materiales. Pero, en un libro de esa biblioteca, aparece una hoja de revista en la que una cantante de boleros de los años cincuenta, Violeta del Río, anuncia su retiro en la cumbre de su carrera.--Desde la descripción de la editorial."
"Mario Conde, a former police detective turned second-hand book dealer, finds a magazine clipping about a singer from the 1950s, Violeta del Río, and begins to investigate her mysterious retirement."
"Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The return of Mario Conde."@en
""Havanna war die aufregendste Stadt der ganzen Welt! Die Nacht hörte nie auf. Als wärs das Normalste der Welt, hast du zwischen Marlon Brando und Cab Calloway gesessen, gleich neben Errol Flynn und Josephine Baker. Mit all den verrückten Leuten, den besten Musikern, die Kuba je hervorgebracht hat. Kannst du dir das vorstellen?" Not macht erfinderisch. Auch Mario Conde, der sich als Antiquar durchs Leben schlägt - kein schlechtes Geschäft in Zeiten, in denen viele Kubaner ihre Bücher zu Geld machen müssen. Eines Tages stößt Conde auf eine außerordentlich wertvolle, seit vierzig Jahren vergessene Bibliothek. All seine Geldsorgen scheinen mit einem Schlag gelöst. Doch dann entdeckt er zwischen den bibliophilen Kostbarkeiten eine Zeitschrift aus den Fünfzigerjahren mit dem Porträt der Bolero-Sängerin Violeta del Río. Ihr Bild und die einzige Schallplatte, die sie vor ihrem rätselhaften Tod aufgenommen hat, verzaubern ihn. Er macht sich auf die Suche nach ihr und dringt vor in das Havanna von gestern, zu den letzten Zeugen jener wilden Jahre, in die Welt der Boleros, der Mafia und der Spielhöllen, aber auch in das zerfallende, melancholische Havanna der Gegenwart."
"La Havane, été 2003. Mario Conde, ancien inspecteur, gagne sa vie en faisant le commerce de livres anciens. Dans un ouvrage, il trouve une page de revue avec la photo de Violeta del Rio, une chanteuse des années 1950 qui annonce qu'elle arrête la chanson. Séduit par sa beauté il se lance dans une enquête personnelle qui va le mener à découvrir les bas-fonds d'un Cuba qu'il n'a pas vu évoluer."
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