Oscar Hijuelos

Praise for The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

Street-smart and lyrical, impassioned and reflective ... a rich and provocative book

The New York Times

By turns street-smart and lyrical, impassioned and reflective, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a rich and provocative book--a moving portrait of a man, his family, a community and a time

Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

The book is a hymn to music, to heterosexual love... There is a hedonism and pain, ecstasy and despair, devotion and lechery.... A fantastic novel

Evening Standard

Street-smart and lyrical, impassioned and reflective ... a rich and provocative book

The New York Times

By turns street-smart and lyrical, impassioned and reflective, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a rich and provocative book--a moving portrait of a man, his family, a community and a time

Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

The book is a hymn to music, to heterosexual love... There is a hedonism and pain, ecstasy and despair, devotion and lechery.... A fantastic novel

Evening Standard

Street-smart and lyrical, impassioned and reflective ... a rich and provocative book

The New York Times

By turns street-smart and lyrical, impassioned and reflective, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a rich and provocative book--a moving portrait of a man, his family, a community and a time

Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

The book is a hymn to music, to heterosexual love... There is a hedonism and pain, ecstasy and despair, devotion and lechery.... A fantastic novel

Evening Standard