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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... streets . The voodoo pig family , and the Indian chiefs annihilated by the followers of Columbus , are brought back to life . The watchers cheer the splendid military uniforms that are passed down from year to year , some of them ...
... streets . The voodoo pig family , and the Indian chiefs annihilated by the followers of Columbus , are brought back to life . The watchers cheer the splendid military uniforms that are passed down from year to year , some of them ...
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... streets going nowhere , frazzled off into the surrounding mud . " Why was this town built here ? " I asked . " By the will of the people , " said the Minister . " Who will live here ? " " The deserving . They will pay no rent . " " How ...
... streets going nowhere , frazzled off into the surrounding mud . " Why was this town built here ? " I asked . " By the will of the people , " said the Minister . " Who will live here ? " " The deserving . They will pay no rent . " " How ...
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... streets ... ( AP , June 5 , 1986 ) At this point I cashed in his ticket . I would be looking into Haiti after Baby Doc without Ari . On the day of my arrival , a general strike was called by a loose alliance of street democrats . All ...
... streets ... ( AP , June 5 , 1986 ) At this point I cashed in his ticket . I would be looking into Haiti after Baby Doc without Ari . On the day of my arrival , a general strike was called by a loose alliance of street democrats . All ...
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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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