Sunday, March 05, 2006

Queen of the Underworld

I am really enjoying "Queen of the Underworld" by Gail Godwin. It's the first book of hers I've read, and I'm not sure I'll read any others, but she writes well and this one takes place in Miami during the time Castro was taking over. Having just visited our friends Nancy and Jesse in Florida, and knowing that Jesse's family had had their land confiscated and been booted out of Cuba when he was in his early teens, the story of a young woman just out of college and starting work at a newspaper there had an added attraction. Godwin also references other works which have piqued my interest, including a couple of poetry books and some others on the Cuban experience in the U.S. I've already reserved a few.

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