Telex from Cuba (2008) by Rachel Kushner, finished January 6th.I read this at Catherine's recommendation, and thought it was very good. Most of it was about Americans who emigrated to Cuba as employees of the United Fruit Company. Theran a lot of plantations in Central America and the Caribbean. When we were in Costa Rica, a tour guide told us that the Costa Rican government eventually threw the UFC out of the country because of something to do with DDT, and of course they got kicked out of Cuba when Castro took over. So the story historical fiction, I guess, about what people's lives were like at the time of the revolution. If I were less lazy about these kinds of things, I'd probably enjoy reading more about Cuban history. But you have to play the cards you're dealt.
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