Author's name appears on jacket; Beidler appears on spine.
Introduction : Cuba and the imagination
Romancing Cecilia Valdes
Un militar espanol de origen venezolano
Mambises in whiteface
The ghost of Walker Evans
Ignacio Pineiro, George Gershwin, and the Schillinger system
The secret life of Ricky Ricardo
Good neighbor Batista
The two Ernestos
Steverino in Gangsterland
Why no one in Havana speaks of Graham Greene
Inspector Renko on the Malecon
The example of Yoani Sanchez
Conclusion : the autumn of the comandante.
The island called paradise : Cuba in history, literature, and the arts by Philip D. Beidler. ISBN 9780817318208. Published by The University of Alabama Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.