{"product_id":"cubafruit-9798349356780","title":"Cubafruit","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn award-winning historian is drinking coffee in a Miami courtyard, 30 minutes before the most important interview of his career, when he gets a call from an unlisted number.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm looking at you through a rifle scope. Don't hang up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe can tell from her accent that the caller is from San Mara. A political exile, most likely, from the Caribbean nation he's been studying for years, whose fascist leader, the late Omar Basto, is the leading subject of his four-volume biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe biographer is appearing on the show for two reasons: the third volume of his Basto biography has just been released, but also because Basto himself, missing and presumed dead since 2000, seems to have re-appeared online.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaky footage from a street market in Ecuador.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos from a cruise ship in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shooter's instructions are simple: Stay on the line with me until you get the call. Loop me in. Let me speak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut staying on the line won't be easy. A curious police officer, an aggressive bystander, and a mysterious death nearby will challenge their plans, and exploit their defenses, as the shooter and biographer fall into a philosophical argument about who owns history: those who fight for the future, or those who rewrite the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSprawling, fast-paced, and splashed with magical realism, Cubafruit is a deeply-researched story about political violence, the exilic experience, and the three-way scramble for power among those who seek it, those who lose it, and those who tell their story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Sorondo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Big Reader Bad Grades\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798349356780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Alexander Sorondo \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792848896157,"sku":"9798349356780","price":36.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_73895b34-1622-4978-b7da-e8ac2580c4de.jpg?v=1774983316","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/cubafruit-9798349356780","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}