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On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in New York, a hippo escapes from the zoo. Assigned to cover the zoo story, a young Cuban journalist finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the two incidents in this intoxicating story of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love.
Young Cuban journalist Joaquin Porrata believes there is a direct connection between the assassination of Mafia boss Albert Anastasia and the bizarre discovery of the corpse of a hippopotamus in the Havana zoo, but as he tries to unravel the mystery, Joaquin finds himself…mehr

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On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in New York, a hippo escapes from the zoo. Assigned to cover the zoo story, a young Cuban journalist finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the two incidents in this intoxicating story of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love.
Young Cuban journalist Joaquin Porrata believes there is a direct connection between the assassination of Mafia boss Albert Anastasia and the bizarre discovery of the corpse of a hippopotamus in the Havana zoo, but as he tries to unravel the mystery, Joaquin finds himself caught up in a story of love, murder, and organized crime as the Underworld fights for control of lucrative casino operations in pre-Castro Cuba.
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Mayra Montero; Translated by Edith Grossman