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Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955 in Havana, Cuba) is an acclaimed Cuban novelist and journalist best known for his series of detective novels featuring Mario Conde. His works have been translated into multiple languages, and he received the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature in 2015.
Known for: Adios Hemingway
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Adios Hemingway
A first-rate detective story set in Havana, where retired police inspector Mario Conde investigates a skeleton found in the garden of Ernest Hemingway’s former home. As the investigation unfolds, the narrative alternates between Conde’s present-day inquiry and Hemingway’s final years in Cuba, exploring themes of aging, disillusionment, and the blurred lines between fiction and reality.
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The Skeleton in the Garden: Awakening Old Shadows
It begins with a discovery — the unearthing of a skeleton in the overgrown garden of Ernest Hemingway’s home in San Francisco de Paula, Havana. Decades have passed since Hemingway left Cuba, yet his presence lingers in that place like humidity clinging to the vines. Forensic evidence suggests the bo...
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Echoes of Hemingway: A Portrait in Decline
The parallel narrative shifts us seamlessly into Hemingway’s perspective during his final years in Cuba, when his vitality was both his pride and his prison. From this vantage point, readers see a man whose creative flame flickers amid exhaustion, paranoia, and the creeping weight of fame. The Cuban...
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About Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955 in Havana, Cuba) is an acclaimed Cuban novelist and journalist best known for his series of detective novels featuring Mario Conde. His works have been translated into multiple languages, and he received the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature in 2015.
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