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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... explained that he had the joy of a large family , sixteen children— “ cinq de ma femme , onze dans le peuple . " Five by my wife , eleven " in the people . " He denounced my new friend Fortuné Bogat , a Haitian millionaire , and explained ...
... explained that he had the joy of a large family , sixteen children— “ cinq de ma femme , onze dans le peuple . " Five by my wife , eleven " in the people . " He denounced my new friend Fortuné Bogat , a Haitian millionaire , and explained ...
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... explained that the Nazis must have had their reasons ; otherwise why would they dislike the Jews ? He himself was the proud possessor of a German lover in Miami Beach , where he worked as a hospital or- derly , and his close German ...
... explained that the Nazis must have had their reasons ; otherwise why would they dislike the Jews ? He himself was the proud possessor of a German lover in Miami Beach , where he worked as a hospital or- derly , and his close German ...
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... explained that it was not a man but a loupgarou . Besides the werewolf , several others died , including a werewoman and werechild . In the photograph , alongside the burned limbs , there were feathers , goat parts , and the werewolf's ...
... explained that it was not a man but a loupgarou . Besides the werewolf , several others died , including a werewoman and werechild . In the photograph , alongside the burned limbs , there were feathers , goat parts , and the werewolf's ...
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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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