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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... things , though no longer on the streets as living advertisements for death . There were still abrupt disappearances . The prisons were nearly empty which — and he shrugged - meant that the prisoners had been destroyed . But : Now he ...
... things , though no longer on the streets as living advertisements for death . There were still abrupt disappearances . The prisons were nearly empty which — and he shrugged - meant that the prisoners had been destroyed . But : Now he ...
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... things so much better with the help of the classically educated , internationally popu- lar philosopher from Jacmel . Aubie knew everyone . As the years went by , he was still the model for the character of Petitpierre in The Comedians ...
... things so much better with the help of the classically educated , internationally popu- lar philosopher from Jacmel . Aubie knew everyone . As the years went by , he was still the model for the character of Petitpierre in The Comedians ...
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... Things work like some crafty piece of furniture , with secret slidings and drawers , death hidden and forgotten . The thing still stands there . People offer theories for what is going on , but the thing stands anyway . The best course ...
... Things work like some crafty piece of furniture , with secret slidings and drawers , death hidden and forgotten . The thing still stands there . People offer theories for what is going on , but the thing stands anyway . The best course ...
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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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