We offer a huge selection of movie, game or sports posters of all sizes as well as wide range of original gifts for true fans of Star Wars, Harry Potter, comics or the whole Warner Bros family. things were especially tough in Cuba during the collapse of the subsidies from the Soviet Union so no doubt the author had to be circumspect. This may have been at least partly because of the translation, which was stilted in parts and contained some strange figures of speech.

The second book in the series, Havana Gold (1994), has just been published in English, to complete the Quartet. Conde is sleeping it off when the phone rings loudly in his ear making the sound of a jackhammer sound like a lullaby.

All of Padura's books are melancholy, and all contain considerable social criticism of the socialist milieu of this not-very-cop-like cop. There are some excellent descriptive passages in this book, and colourful characters, often unrelated to the plot, that lift it above the average detective genre.

Padura uses the elements of a police procedural to criticize the political and social structures of the society in which the action takes place.

Conde remembered Morin from their student days: good-looking, brilliant, a "reliable comrade'' who always got what he wanted, including Tamara the girl Conde was after. Although the digressions with lengthy sentences and paragraphs slow the pace, Padura doesn't lose sight of the plot and brings it to a satisfactory conclusion. The rich characterizations and bittersweet remembrances of the good old days, 20 years before, play as great a role in the book as the investigation of a missing man.

Playboy 'Is foul play involved in the vanishing of a popular Cuban politician, or is it another kind of crime? A novelist, journalist, and critic, he is the author of several novels, one collection of essays, and a volume of short stories. The "Cuban Series" Havana blue Sparring glove is a Professional Pre-Fight glove that comes in Blue and handcrafted in Querétaro, Mexico. Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Bht, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Linalool, Citral, Citronellol, Geraniol.Rafael Morín considered “an immaculate trustworthy comrade” had been reported missing by his wife the day before. And that means spending a lot of time with Tamara, and facing up to the unprofessional possibilities that arise there.