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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... person was the Chief of Staff of the Armée d'Haiti . When I complimented him on his Eisenhower jacket , that short military uniform made popular by an American general and President well - known in his time , the Haitian Chief of Staff ...
... person was the Chief of Staff of the Armée d'Haiti . When I complimented him on his Eisenhower jacket , that short military uniform made popular by an American general and President well - known in his time , the Haitian Chief of Staff ...
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... person told the truth that really mattered to him — that he sincerely wanted you to like him - but the signposts in discourse were as meaningless as the random numbers sometimes attached to houses on a road . After all , words were ...
... person told the truth that really mattered to him — that he sincerely wanted you to like him - but the signposts in discourse were as meaningless as the random numbers sometimes attached to houses on a road . After all , words were ...
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... person waits , the other person changes his mind . I could hear the hum of insects , the creak of boards underfoot . The other person did not change his mind . " Then I can't buy it , " I said . With a courteous little incline of the ...
... person waits , the other person changes his mind . I could hear the hum of insects , the creak of boards underfoot . The other person did not change his mind . " Then I can't buy it , " I said . With a courteous little incline of 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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