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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... 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 merely French or Creole or English or Spanish . Was it his fault if you ...
... 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 merely French or Creole or English or Spanish . Was it his fault if you ...
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... wanted me to hide her . She had been having an affair with a handsome detective who was the Presi- dent's chief torturer , and she suddenly felt guilty about it— “ guilt ” was her word — because her husband had grown suspicious . " What ...
... wanted me to hide her . She had been having an affair with a handsome detective who was the Presi- dent's chief torturer , and she suddenly felt guilty about it— “ guilt ” was her word — because her husband had grown suspicious . " What ...
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... wanted to put mysterious taxes on our belongings . Captain Champlain was that cool official , known the world over , the one who makes others sweat . The sun beat down murderously on the zinc roof ; fingers turned slimy as I tried to ...
... wanted to put mysterious taxes on our belongings . Captain Champlain was that cool official , known the world over , the one who makes others sweat . The sun beat down murderously on the zinc roof ; fingers turned slimy as I tried to ...
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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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