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Spy's FateBy Arnaldo Correa (author of Cold Havana Ground) Fiction | Trade Cloth
Super sale! For a limited time, the original hardcover edition of Spy's Fate is on sale for only $10 (including shipping). Click the Paypal button above to order, while we still have copies in stock. Click here to read an exclusive interview with Arnaldo Correa. Click here to see the new paperback edition of Spy's Fate "A captivating thriller based on the murky U.S.-Cuban spy wars. Correa deftly paints the history of Castro's Cuban intelligence service and the changing face of the Miami exile community . . . [An] intriguing look into Cuban culture, with vibrant dialogue and characters . . . The insightful sociopolitical picture, the nasty maneuverings of both services, and the credible spy plot make this a fascinating read." -Publishers Weekly "From Cuba with panache, a rare English-language thriller, written with flair, authority, and admirable detachment, about intelligence operations grown soft . . . Character-driven and consistently entertaining." -Kirkus Reviews(starred review) "A courageous book that offers a true insider's view of the new Cuba that neither the US nor Fidel Castro want you to know about." -Edgar Award-winning author William Heffernan Akashic Books anoints its status as the premier US publisher of Cuban noir with the first English-language suspense novel by acclaimed Cuban author Arnaldo Correa. Spy's Fate is a smart, scandalous portrayal of the inept misadventures of post-Cold War US and Cuban Intelligence operations. At the center of the novel is Carlos Manuel (alias Roberto), who for two decades has built his reputation--and guarded his anonymity--as a Cuban special service agent and political assassin in Africa and Latin America. When his wife commits suicide, he returns to Havana in 1994 to discover his country's economy in disarray, along with its intelligence infrastructure. Widowed, jobless, and homeless, he finds himself completely alienated from his children, and from the country he has served. After his kids embark on a potentially disastrous raft ride to the US, Carlos steals a yacht and sails after them into the stormy Atlantic. A last-minute decision saves his children, but leaves him stranded in Miami--just one step ahead of the CIA, for whom he is a murder suspect; and Cuban intelligence, who mistakenly believe he has defected. Complicating matters is Sidney King, a maniacally vindictive CIA bureaucrat. Carlos flees from a Florida refugee camp to small-town Vermont to a fishing village in northern Cuba. The hunter becomes the hunted as Carlos finally encounters his old nemesis--and the ravaging violence of his former life. Arnaldo Correa was born in the Escambray Mountains, Cuba, in 1935. In 1966, he published his first book of short stories, which were praised by Fidel Castro. Correa is considered one of three founders of the Cuban crime-fiction genre. He studied mining engineering at the University of Alabama, and traveled extensively through the US in the 1950s. He has worked on development projects in Cuba, Vietnam, Angola, and Mozambique. He is the author of five books of short stories; Spy's Fate is his second novel. He currently lives in Havana and works as advisor to the Citrus Research Institute.the Cuban crime-fiction genre. He currently lives in Havana. |
