Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiPrentice Hall Press, 1991 - 303 pages Beautiful, bizarre, dangerous, exotic; a Garden of Eden fallen into disrepair. This is Herbert Gold's Haiti. In this impassioned memoir, he reflects on the country's history and folklore, its people and politics, capturing the essence of this land where tragedy is the music to which the people dance. |
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... stared through his dark glasses and asked if my wife and I would like to go dancing tonight , or to swim at his caille - paille by the bay , his beach house , or just share a lobster , rice , and beans for dinner . He admitted he had ...
... stared through his dark glasses and asked if my wife and I would like to go dancing tonight , or to swim at his caille - paille by the bay , his beach house , or just share a lobster , rice , and beans for dinner . He admitted he had ...
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... stared at me and shrugged . " Of course I don't . But it's bad for business if people know I've been cursed . " He was a millionaire , flew his own plane , adeptly entertained American tycoons and extracted investment for imaginative ...
... stared at me and shrugged . " Of course I don't . But it's bad for business if people know I've been cursed . " He was a millionaire , flew his own plane , adeptly entertained American tycoons and extracted investment for imaginative ...
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... like that . " Cindy didn't speak French or Creole or like that , but she was in touch with the goddess within , which didn't help her communication with the people without . She stared at a woman 287 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
... like that . " Cindy didn't speak French or Creole or like that , but she was in touch with the goddess within , which didn't help her communication with the people without . She stared at a woman 287 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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