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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... knew Alfonso's story was not a mere rumor . Afterwards Alois and I only nodded to each other in passing . I knew ; he knew I knew ; no explanations . On a later trip to Haiti , I learned that he had finally gotten his visa to the United ...
... knew Alfonso's story was not a mere rumor . Afterwards Alois and I only nodded to each other in passing . I knew ; he knew I knew ; no explanations . On a later trip to Haiti , I learned that he had finally gotten his visa to the United ...
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... knew already , that his name meant something drastic in his past . He was not de- scended from an infinite line of Jamaican mulattoes . " Priests don't have children , " he mumbled , " but of course princes do . That's just a theory you ...
... knew already , that his name meant something drastic in his past . He was not de- scended from an infinite line of Jamaican mulattoes . " Priests don't have children , " he mumbled , " but of course princes do . That's just a theory you ...
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... knew not what . There was a camaraderie in the glow of our oil lamps . We talked about President Kennedy . We talked about what would happen to us . The Red Cross doctor , who had received a good beating from his wife the night before ...
... knew not what . There was a camaraderie in the glow of our oil lamps . We talked about President Kennedy . We talked about what would happen to us . The Red Cross doctor , who had received a good beating from his wife the night before ...
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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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