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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... Monsieur G. , who was in the business of cultivating , training , and exporting comely lads . The best time for our visit , Jacques decided , was during Monsieur G.'s regular Friday evening salon . I arranged for my daughter , Nina , to ...
... Monsieur G. , who was in the business of cultivating , training , and exporting comely lads . The best time for our visit , Jacques decided , was during Monsieur G.'s regular Friday evening salon . I arranged for my daughter , Nina , to ...
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... Monsieur Herard , with a deep chuckle . His wife and sons gathered to gaze over his shoulder . There was silence . Jean - Bernard , whose mother is Haitian , asked : " Why the cock , why the feathers , why were they wearing red ...
... Monsieur Herard , with a deep chuckle . His wife and sons gathered to gaze over his shoulder . There was silence . Jean - Bernard , whose mother is Haitian , asked : " Why the cock , why the feathers , why were they wearing red ...
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... Monsieur Noh , to Kenscoff . I didn't expect to find Jean Weiner , Monsieur Noh , and the other philosophers , Colonel Chocolat marching past the ta- bles of the Hotel de Florville , the Chinese - speaking American colonel from Vietnam ...
... Monsieur Noh , to Kenscoff . I didn't expect to find Jean Weiner , Monsieur Noh , and the other philosophers , Colonel Chocolat marching past the ta- bles of the Hotel de Florville , the Chinese - speaking American colonel from Vietnam ...
Table des matières
Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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