Stephen Purvis

Close But No Cigar

A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's Cuba

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Produktbeschreibung

A witty, insightful and humane account of one man's experience of a Cuban prison. Stephen Purvis recounts in detail his 15-month ordeal in two terrifying prisons - from his arrest to his farcical trial and eventual release, Purvis exposes the madness and absurdities of modern Cuba.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781474605045
• ISBN-10: 1474605044
• Artikelnr.: 47029829

Autorenporträt

Stephen Purvis is a Wimbledon-born architect. In 2000 he moved with his wife and four young children to Havana, where his building projects included factories, luxury hotels and a container port. In his thirteen years in Cuba he became a longstanding director of the international school, enjoyed a spot of boxing and the odd cigar, took up painting and to the surprise of all co-produced with Sadler's Wells Theatre the hit dance show Havana Rakatan. He returned to Britain in 2013 and now works in Myanmar.