{"product_id":"dirty-havana-trilogy-a-novel-in-stories-9780060006891","title":"Dirty Havana Trilogy: A Novel in Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A lewd, impious and brilliant novel of contemporary Cuba. In the brutality of his honesty, Mr. Gutierrez reminds one of Jean Genet and Charles Bukowski.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirty Havana Trilogy chronicles the misadventures of Pedro Juan, a former journalist now living hand to mouth in and around Cuba, half disgusted and half fascinated by the depths to which he has sunk. Collecting garbage, peddling marijuana or black-market produce, clearing undesirables off the streets, whoring himself, begging, sacrificing to the santos, Pedro Juan scrapes by under the shadow of hunger--all the while surviving through the escapist pursuit of sex. Pedro Juan's unsentimental, mocking, yet sympathetic eye captures a shocking underbelly of today's Cuba. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Banned in Cuba but celebrated throughout the Spanish speaking world, Gutierrez's picaresque novel is a fierce, loving tribute to Havana and the defiant, desperate way of life that flourishes amid its decay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGutierrez, Pedro Juan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePedro Juan Gutiérrez is the author of several published works of poetry. He lives in Havana, where he devotes himself to writing and painting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526735925522,"sku":"9780060006891","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17b6220d-c115-4029-b330-099d7ceb7524.jpg?v=1731282445","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dirty-havana-trilogy-a-novel-in-stories-9780060006891","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}