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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... doctor . " It happened to be one of the frequent five - day holidays , in this case Pan - American Week , and all the doctors I knew were on vacation in their beach houses , mountain chalets , or abroad . But one of our neighbors was ...
... doctor . " It happened to be one of the frequent five - day holidays , in this case Pan - American Week , and all the doctors I knew were on vacation in their beach houses , mountain chalets , or abroad . But one of our neighbors was ...
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... doctor appeared in the morning with a freshly blackened eye ; his wife appeared with scratches down her arm . The doctor had a bottle of lotion which he dabbed at her wounds - fingernails are almost as bad as dog bites , he told me ...
... doctor appeared in the morning with a freshly blackened eye ; his wife appeared with scratches down her arm . The doctor had a bottle of lotion which he dabbed at her wounds - fingernails are almost as bad as dog bites , he told me ...
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... doctor and I stood there on the rue du Centre , waiting to go on with our lives . It was still bewildering to me that Jean was gone . The doctor was watching my face with an attentive smile in case I wanted to say more . No , he didn't ...
... doctor and I stood there on the rue du Centre , waiting to go on with our lives . It was still bewildering to me that Jean was gone . The doctor was watching my face with an attentive smile in case I wanted to say more . No , he didn't ...
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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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