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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... drink blood , they do horrible things , maybe I shouldn't know about them . There are also the bisago - ouete - peau , the night - flying loup- garous who leave their skin behind in some nice cool place . A good friend of my friend ...
... drink blood , they do horrible things , maybe I shouldn't know about them . There are also the bisago - ouete - peau , the night - flying loup- garous who leave their skin behind in some nice cool place . A good friend of my friend ...
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... drink . He bought din- ner ; it was only fair for me to buy the nightcap . As we sat at the pool of the El Rancho Hotel and his saucers piled up - the waiters , in the French fashion , kept track of the tab by counting saucers — my mind ...
... drink . He bought din- ner ; it was only fair for me to buy the nightcap . As we sat at the pool of the El Rancho Hotel and his saucers piled up - the waiters , in the French fashion , kept track of the tab by counting saucers — my mind ...
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... drinking our rum or papaya juice , and then there were more shots , this time closer . We stopped talking . I heard ... drinks on the terrace of the Grand Hotel Oloffson . Jorgen and I continued to gossip about our marriages , the ...
... drinking our rum or papaya juice , and then there were more shots , this time closer . We stopped talking . I heard ... drinks on the terrace of the Grand Hotel Oloffson . Jorgen and I continued to gossip about our marriages , the ...
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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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