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Description
Oscar Mandinga, great-grandchild of the founders of a small hamlet deep in the Cuban hinterland, is a sardonic teller of tales – some taller than others. But one day Oscar wakes to find himself utterly alone, the sole descendant of his family line. He is not sure what to do or where to go, but in the midst of this uncertainty, he holds fast to what his grandfather always told him: 'No man knows who he is until he knows his past.' So Oscar sets out to find his ancestral village and the meaning of the magical pig's-foot amulet he has inherited.
Product details
Published | 01 Nov 2014 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 352 |
ISBN | 9781408833728 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Vivid, fast-moving and often dazzling ... The pace leaves you breathless
Kate Saunders, The Times
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Pig's Foot is as catchy as a piece of Cuban music, defers to Latin America's literary tradition and shimmers with a likable swagger all its own
Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
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Vibrant
Sunday Telegraph
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Elegant and seductive
Guardian
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A little pressure cooker of a novel
Daily Express
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Spellbinding ... Acosta does for prose what he has done for the ballet, bringing to it a muscular sexiness and a rural saltiness
Independent on Sunday