Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective 'alter ego' solves gripping crimes


by The Independent

The Independent— Cuban writer Leonardo Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana

The Messenger—Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective 'alter ego' solves gripping crimes. Cuban writer Leonardo Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana. Born in 1955, Padura studied

Click2Houston—Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective 'alter ego' solves gripping crimes. Cuban writer Leonardo Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana.

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