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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... island is a walled city , and this one was walled by more than the sea . It was a society supported by nerves and daily pleasures , with little hope for the future ; an intense , a tragic way to live . I still need little sleep in Haiti ...
... island is a walled city , and this one was walled by more than the sea . It was a society supported by nerves and daily pleasures , with little hope for the future ; an intense , a tragic way to live . I still need little sleep in Haiti ...
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... Island , an almost forgotten buccaneer island off the northern coast across from the town of Port - de - Paix . Dupont Caribbean , Inc. , planned a combination free port , resort , retirement community , convention park , harbor town ...
... Island , an almost forgotten buccaneer island off the northern coast across from the town of Port - de - Paix . Dupont Caribbean , Inc. , planned a combination free port , resort , retirement community , convention park , harbor town ...
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... island is sea - washed and mountain - fresh in many places . It's also humid and hot . Intelligent people keel over and put their four paws in the air during the hours of early afternoon . At night , dancing and play ; and in the early ...
... island is sea - washed and mountain - fresh in many places . It's also humid and hot . Intelligent people keel over and put their four paws in the air during the hours of early afternoon . At night , dancing and play ; and in the early ...
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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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