I've been following Michael Silverblatt's discussion of Joan Didion's Play it as it Lays on Facebook. I've just picked up the novel today at the library. I like Didion. The first book I read of hers was Miami. I was living in Florida at the time and I found her descriptions of the area and that time period very nuanced; I got hooked on Didion's style.
While I was at the library, I also picked up Didion's Democracy and Chris Hedges' War is a Force that Gives us Meaning. I put a hold on Miami; I want to read it again.
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I'm looking for recommendations for books on Cuban history, covering the 1950's and 1960's, the end of Batista's rule and the beginning of Castro's. Leave comments here, or send me an e-mail. Thanks!