Driving Through Cuba
| By: | Carlo Gebler |
| Publisher: | Hamish Hamilton |
| Published: | July 1988 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Categories: | Travel |
| Language: | English |
| Available as: | Paperback |
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Carlo Gebler's idiosyncratic analysis of Castro's socialist utopia written on the road in Cuba. The author sets out on an epic road trip in a bumpy Soviet-built Lada with his wife and young daughter. This odyssey through 1980s Cuba brings alive the warm-hearted people of Cuba and their willingness to make the visitor feel more than welcome.
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