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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... followed during times of vindictive interna- tional isolation . Periods of confusion - like the absurdity of the Em- peror Soulouque , a senile warlord who established his Dukes of Marmalade and Duchesses of Lemonade that inspired ...
... followed during times of vindictive interna- tional isolation . Periods of confusion - like the absurdity of the Em- peror Soulouque , a senile warlord who established his Dukes of Marmalade and Duchesses of Lemonade that inspired ...
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... examination committees or New York editors . " I'll do it , " I said . " I press your hand , dear colleague , " said my fellow student . The other members of the expedition followed , sealing our bargain 85 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
... examination committees or New York editors . " I'll do it , " I said . " I press your hand , dear colleague , " said my fellow student . The other members of the expedition followed , sealing our bargain 85 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
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... followed the map , tracing our fingers along various lines indicating streams , thickets , paths , and " terrain inconnu , " " terrain vague , " unknown land , vague land . As your normal daredevil secular- ist , I not only didn't ...
... followed the map , tracing our fingers along various lines indicating streams , thickets , paths , and " terrain inconnu , " " terrain vague , " unknown land , vague land . As your normal daredevil secular- ist , I not only 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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