Last Dance in Havana: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution by Robinson, Eugene - 2004

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Pr. NEW/NEW. 2004. Hard Cover. 8vo 0743246225 multiple copies NEW COPY, from the publisher "In power for more than 45 years, Fidel Castro may be in firm control of Cuba but not even he has been able to control the dreams of his people?dreams that are the basis of what may become a post-Castro Cuba. In order to try and understand the future of our neighbor, veteran reporter Eugene Robinson went to look?or rather to listen?to a country on the verge of revolution, using Cuba's musicians as a window into its present and future. Far more than the Buena Vista Social Club, Cuban music is a stew of African and European elements, and Robinson here introduces the musical people who bring him into their home and backstage discussions: rap stars who defy the government in their lyrics; violinists and pianists who attend the world's last Soviet-style conservatory; and international pop stars who could make millions of dollars abroad, yet choose to stay in their home and work for peanuts." 272 pgs. .