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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... carry macoutes , straw sacks for carrying away children , women ; or if they don't want to bother with the whole person , just the soul . One female child- devouring loupgarou was known as " Little Casket " because ... " I suppose you ...
... carry macoutes , straw sacks for carrying away children , women ; or if they don't want to bother with the whole person , just the soul . One female child- devouring loupgarou was known as " Little Casket " because ... " I suppose you ...
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... carry them into oblivion . These bogeymen came out of folklore into history . The macoutes were Papa Doc's version of brownshirts and the Waffen SS , except that their usual uniform was blue jeans , T - shirts , sunglasses , and they ...
... carry them into oblivion . These bogeymen came out of folklore into history . The macoutes were Papa Doc's version of brownshirts and the Waffen SS , except that their usual uniform was blue jeans , T - shirts , sunglasses , and they ...
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... carried his own racket to the court . His " ti- moune❞ — little one — had that job . Previously he had the job of carry- ing my friend's books to school . Haitian racism was always inconsistent . " A rich black is a mu- latto , a poor ...
... carried his own racket to the court . His " ti- moune❞ — little one — had that job . Previously he had the job of carry- ing my friend's books to school . Haitian racism was always inconsistent . " A rich black is a mu- latto , a poor ...
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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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