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The Messenger

Enrico, the world's most highly paid tenor, lands in Havana in 1920, carrying with him the death threat of the Sicilian Black Hand. But when a bomb explodes during a performance, and he runs terrified into the arms of a Chinese widow, he is not running from his destiny but towards it.

About Mayra Montero

Mayra Montero was born in Havana, Cuba in 1952. She has published four novels and a short story collection and lives in Puerto Rico.
Details
  • Imprint: Harvill Press
  • ISBN: 9781846559396
  • Length: 276 pages
  • Dimensions: 208mm x 16mm x 145mm
  • Weight: 250g
  • Price: £15.99