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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... woman began shouting , " He's the one ! He started the killing ! " " Don't know nothing , " said the sullen - eyed barefoot man . " You're under arrest . " Two of the soldiers were horsing around , pretending to duel with their clubs ...
... woman began shouting , " He's the one ! He started the killing ! " " Don't know nothing , " said the sullen - eyed barefoot man . " You're under arrest . " Two of the soldiers were horsing around , pretending to duel with their clubs ...
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... woman busily wiping the mouth of the child , rattling her utensils , casting sidelong looks at the giant Americans standing nearby and jabbering in their language . The lady from D.C. , Fairfax , and the distant galaxy of Aquarius ...
... woman busily wiping the mouth of the child , rattling her utensils , casting sidelong looks at the giant Americans standing nearby and jabbering in their language . The lady from D.C. , Fairfax , and the distant galaxy of Aquarius ...
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... woman who sold me a handful was also ripe and sweet . I remembered my children here , and Matt Cucchiara , and Dieudonné Lamothe , the champion runner , and the friend I had persuaded to fly down from New York to meet me , who said ...
... woman who sold me a handful was also ripe and sweet . I remembered my children here , and Matt Cucchiara , and Dieudonné Lamothe , the champion runner , and the friend I had persuaded to fly down from New York to meet me , who said ...
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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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