Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiSimon & Schuster, 1992 - 303 pages A kaleidoscopic memoir of a 35-year love affair with mysterious, exotic Haiti. The dialogue the author conducts with this beleaguered island is rich with surprising revelations and startling juxtapositions. "The best all-encompassing explanation of this . . . tragic island country that I have read".--Digby Diehl, Playboy. |
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... American resi- dents , transmitted by that most rapid means of communication , the " telejiol❞ — telemouth , the rumor system - took on urgent political weight . The American Embassy was a control , for bad or for good , on Haitian ...
... American resi- dents , transmitted by that most rapid means of communication , the " telejiol❞ — telemouth , the rumor system - took on urgent political weight . The American Embassy was a control , for bad or for good , on Haitian ...
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... American country club had recently admitted its first Haitian members , but the usual social life of these Americans was one of Ping - Pong and poker , sewing bees and bazaars , and as little socializing as possible with the locals . Of ...
... American country club had recently admitted its first Haitian members , but the usual social life of these Americans was one of Ping - Pong and poker , sewing bees and bazaars , and as little socializing as possible with the locals . Of ...
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... American dole . It was a scandal beyond the comprehension of the American experts . The pink and white , sometimes ridiculously spotted American pig , as giant and helpless as a cruise - ship tourist , munched with its little tail ...
... American dole . It was a scandal beyond the comprehension of the American experts . The pink and white , sometimes ridiculously spotted American pig , as giant and helpless as a cruise - ship tourist , munched with its little tail ...
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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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