Outcast - Softcover

Latour, José

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007111614 ISBN 13: 9780007111619

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2002

Synopsis

A smart, multi-voiced, savagely unsentimental Cuban crime novel combining cultural critique, personal discovery and explosive violence.

Elliot Steil, the son of a Cuban mother and a U.S. labourer stationed on the island before the revolution, works as a down-and-out school teacher in Havana. Quietly resigned to the tedium of his simple life, Elliot, like many of his fellow Havanans, has put any hopes of a better future to one side. But his aspirations are rekindled when he is offered a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity by a mysterious visitor to the island who claims to have known his father.

Persuaded to leave Cuba, Elliot finds himself involved in something much more dangerous and complex than he could ever have imagined. He embarks on a search that will draw him deep into the deceit and corruption of the Miami underworld, forcing him to confront a past he has spent most of his adult life trying to forget.

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Review:

‘José Latour is a master of Cuban Noir’ Martin Cruz Smith

‘Don’t miss this one, it’s terrific!’ Lawrence Block

‘With a sharp prose style and good pace, Latour keeps the suspense up and delivers some real surprises’ Anthea Lawson, The Times

‘Dark, exciting’ Philip Oakes, Literary Review

‘A masterful book ... passionate, frightening and extremely violent’ Independent on Sunday

From the Back Cover:

Elliot Steil, the son of a Cuban mother and a U.S. labourer stationed on the island before the revolution, works as a down-and-out school teacher in Havana. Quietly resigned to the tedium of his simple life, Elliot, like many of his fellow Havanans, has put any hopes of a better future to one side. But his aspirations are rekindled when he is offered a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity by a mysterious visitor to the island who claims to have known his father.

Persuaded to leave Cuba, Elliot finds himself involved in something much more dangerous and complex than he could ever have imagined. He embarks on a search that will draw him deep into the deceit and corruption of the Miami underworld, forcing him to confront a past he has spent most of his adult life trying to forget.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0007111614
• ISBN 13: 9780007111619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256