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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... Baby Doc showed sudden interest in running and asked to see their trophies . They were delivered to the National Palace . Evidently he looked and looked , but found better things to do with his loose cash . He kept the trophies ...
... Baby Doc showed sudden interest in running and asked to see their trophies . They were delivered to the National Palace . Evidently he looked and looked , but found better things to do with his loose cash . He kept the trophies ...
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... Baby Doc flew off , a new flag - back to the old colors - was unveiled at the palace . It hung limp and the people murmured . Baby Doc was still there ; magie noire had stopped the wind . They must storm the palace to kill him , take ...
... Baby Doc flew off , a new flag - back to the old colors - was unveiled at the palace . It hung limp and the people murmured . Baby Doc was still there ; magie noire had stopped the wind . They must storm the palace to kill him , take ...
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... Doc and Baby Doc . At times his star shown less brightly . Women tourists complained that the Minister knocked on their doors at inconvenient times of the night . At one period he was defiantly proud of saving the life of Papa Doc ...
... Doc and Baby Doc . At times his star shown less brightly . Women tourists complained that the Minister knocked on their doors at inconvenient times of the night . At one period he was defiantly proud of saving the life of Papa Doc ...
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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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