The Autobiography of Fidel CastroThe Autobiography of Fidel Castro
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Current format, Book, 2009, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsAn audacious "biography" of the ex-president of Cuba told inCastro's own outrageous, bombastic voice.
Prize-winning author and journalist Norberto Fuentes was once arevolutionary: a writer with privileged access to Fidel Castro'sinner circle during some the most challenging years of therevolution. But in the late 1990s, as the regime began sending itsoldest comrades to the firing squad, he became A Man Who Knew TooMuch. Escaping a death sentence and now living in exile, Fuenteshas written a brilliant, satirical, and utterly captivating"autobiography" of the Cuban leader-in Fidel's own arrogant andseductive language-discussing everything from Castro's early sexualexperiences in Birán to his true feelings about Che Guevaraand his philosophy on murder, legacy, and state secrets. Criticshave long admired Fuentes's writing; one U.S. article called him"Norman Mailer's Cuban pen pal." Akin to Gertrude Stein's TheAutobiography of Alice B. Toklas , or Edmund Morris's Dutch , this wickedly entertaining, true-to-life masterpieceis as imaginative and outsized as Castro himself.Title availability
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