En Desfila La Habana, Antonio Jos? Ponte mezcla ficci?n y realidad en una novela inclasificable que convoca a una galer?a de personalidades alucinantes, reunidas en la antesala de un momento que trastoc? las piezas del tablero mundial durante la Guerra Fr?a.
1958-1959. Nadie sabe exactamente qu? est? pasando en Cuba, donde un guerrillero llamado Fidel Castro est? ganando notoriedad, mientras la capital se ha convertido en el epicentro que re?ne a estrellas de cine, esp?as y mafiosos. Cuando Ian Fleming, el creador de James Bond y responsable de la secci?n internacional de The Sunday Times, coincide en una fiesta en Londres con el tambi?n novelista Norman Lewis –el mejor cronista de la ?poca–, encuentra al candidato ideal para enviarlo a La Habana a investigar de primera fuente a Castro y, de paso, a Ernest Hemingway, quien vive desde hace varios a?os en la isla envuelto en el misterio y en cuya finca fueron tomadas unas fotograf?as comprometedoras de la bell?sima actriz Ava Gardner, codiciadas por los mafiosos que controlan el submundo de las apuestas y el narcotr?fico…
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In Desfila La Habana, Antonio Jos? Ponte blends fiction and reality in an unclassifiable novel that gathers a gallery of astonishing personalities, set on the eve of a moment that reshaped the global chessboard during the Cold War.
1958-1959. No one knows exactly what is happening in Cuba, where a guerrilla fighter named Fidel Castro is gaining notoriety, while Havana has become the epicenter that brings together movie stars, spies, and mobsters. When Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond and head of the international section of The Sunday Times, meets fellow novelist Norman Lewis–the finest chronicler of the era–at a party in London, he finds the perfect candidate to send to Havana to investigate Castro firsthand and, at the same time, Ernest Hemingway, who has lived on the island for years surrounded by mystery. At his estate, compromising photographs of the stunning actress Ava Gardner were taken, coveted by the mobsters who control the underworld of gambling and drug trafficking…
Author: Antonio José José Ponte
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Planeta Publishing
Published: 04/28/2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9786073938860
Language: Spanish
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