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Book Description
It's 1949. It's the era of the mambo, and two young Cuban musicians make their way up from Havana to the grand stage of New York. The Castillo brothers, workers by day, become by night stars of the dance halls, where their orchestra plays the lush, sensuous, pulsing music that earns them the titlContinue
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ft published on Mon, 11 Apr 2011
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Duckies
Ricky Ricardo, Lucy’s famously strict yet malleable husband in the I Love Lucy show, embodied an elegant Latin machismo which was constantly being undermined by the wiles of the American princess. He had romance and charm and a first-generation scept ... (read full critics)
lrb published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010
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A vivid description of latin-american life and character in New York in the Fifties, the two sides of it: the womanizer and gregarious Cesar on one side, the romantic and self-contained Nestor, the Mambo Kings. An aura of nostalgia looms over the story and I think this is the weak point of the book, ... (continue)
Damirio Nuzi Mairo said on Sep 9, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback
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I admit it - I only bought this book because I loved the movie... but I'm so glad I'm an armand Assasnte fan, else I never would've discovered Sr. Hijuelos and his lovely, nuanced writing. This book is a treasure - beautifully written, carefully paced. It's the story of two Cuban brothers who come ... (continue)
guaddess said on Jul 27, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 416 Pages
- Edition: 1st HarperPerennial Ed
- ISBN-10: 0060973277
- ISBN-13: 9780060973278
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Pub date: Aug 01, 1990
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette and Others
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780060973278 | Paperback | $13.00 | -- | The Book Depository |
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Book cover: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, by Oscar Hijuelos, Hamish Hamilton, 1990, Cover by Unknown Two curvaceous blondes in figure-hugging green dresses catch the eye on the cover of the first UK edition of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. They perch ... (read full critics)