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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... to help me into the shower and marvel at how a fever could dry me off , without need of a towel , by the time she helped me back to bed . Her baby sister , Judy , touched my face and then stared at her 87 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
... to help me into the shower and marvel at how a fever could dry me off , without need of a towel , by the time she helped me back to bed . Her baby sister , Judy , touched my face and then stared at her 87 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
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... stared at him , the young man stopped , and then Monsieur Herard told me a story about an Ameri- can project to distribute prophylactics in Haiti . “ Use one of these every time you make love , " advised the American white rabbit with ...
... stared at him , the young man stopped , and then Monsieur Herard told me a story about an Ameri- can project to distribute prophylactics in Haiti . “ Use one of these every time you make love , " advised the American white rabbit with ...
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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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