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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... roads were streaming with men and white - dressed women hurry- ing to worship . Black magic is not a part of ... road was rough and the springs and axles of my Chevy were getting a severe test . The hitchhiker shook his head over ...
... roads were streaming with men and white - dressed women hurry- ing to worship . Black magic is not a part of ... road was rough and the springs and axles of my Chevy were getting a severe test . The hitchhiker shook his head over ...
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... road- block on the Kenscoff road . The same men waved me by without stopping me . By now I was an old friend . I was on my way to visit a missionary encampment where food was distributed to people on the mountain , along with training ...
... road- block on the Kenscoff road . The same men waved me by without stopping me . By now I was an old friend . I was on my way to visit a missionary encampment where food was distributed to people on the mountain , along with training ...
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... road , accelerated , and we sped down the road to Port - au- Prince , the capital , and the known world beyond it . After a moment of silence , Bruno spoke : " Excellence ? Excellence ? Tch tch tch . " NE MORNING a man I didn't know ...
... road , accelerated , and we sped down the road to Port - au- Prince , the capital , and the known world beyond it . After a moment of silence , Bruno spoke : " Excellence ? Excellence ? Tch tch tch . " NE MORNING a man I didn't know ...
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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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