Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Cuba and the Imagination 1
1
Romancing Cecilia Valdés 14
2
Un Militar Español de Origen Venezolano 29
3
Mambises in Whiteface 37
4
The Ghost of Walker Evans 50
5
Ignacio Piñeiro, George Gershwin, and the Schillinger System 60
6
The Secret Life of Ricky Ricardo 70
7
Good Neighbor Batista 86
8
The Two Ernestos 99
9
Steverino in Gangsterland 115
10
Why No One in Havana Speaks of Graham Greene 126
11
Inspector Renko on the Malecón 140
12
The Example of Yoani Sanchez 151
Conclusion: The Autumn of the Comandante 164
Source Notes and Reading Suggestions 181
Index 187