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Bongo finds his life as an insurance agent in 1957 Havana, Cuba in turmoil after a New Year's Eve bomb goes off in front of the Tropicana nightclub's center stage where his sister, the island's most famous showgirl, is performing.

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5 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    Vintage · 320 pages · 9780679737469
  • Other · English · 2011
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9781299008816
  • Other · English · 2003
    Alfred A. Knopf · 309 pages · 9780679406969
  • Other · French · 2007
    Gallimard · 448 pages · 9782070347117
  • Other · French · 2005
    King Bongo (French Edition)
    Editions Gallimard · 400 pages · 9782070770540
Insurance investigatorsFictionBombingsHistoryFiction, historical, generalHavana (cuba), fiction