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The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Limited Signed Edition

by Hijuelos, Oscar

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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. As New. 2008. Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited Signed edition. A wonderful copy in As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap. SIGNED by Pulitzer Prize winning author Oscar Hijuelos; Set in the 1950s, this is the story of Cesar and Nestor Castillo who emigrate from Cuba to New York's Harlem. Workers by day, they enter the world of dance halls and music at night. Their band reaches its zenith with a guest appearance on the I Love Lucy Show as Ricky's back-up band. A wonderful portrait of an era and a culture. Hijuelos is the first Hispanic American to win a Pulitzer Prize (for this novel). Basis for the 1992 film and 2005 Broadway musical. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather; silk moiré endpapers; distinctive cover design with raised bands. Cover accented in 22KT gold with gilt page edges; satin marker; long-lasting, high quality, acid-neutral paper; sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author .

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The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a 1989 novel by Oscar Hijuelos. It is about the lives of two Cuban brothers and musicians, Cesar and Nestor Castillo, who immigrate to the United States and settle in New York City in the early 1950s. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990, being the first novel by an American-born Hispanic to do so. It was the basis for a 1992 motion picture, The Mambo Kings, as well as a musical in 2005.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Limited Signed Edition
Author
Hijuelos, Oscar
Format/Binding
Full-Leather
Book Condition
New As New
Edition
Signed Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Easton Press
Place of Publication
Norwalk, CT
Date Published
2008
Keywords
Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Hispanic Americans, Harlem Cuban Americans, Pulitzer Prize Winning Book, Pulitzer Prize Author
Bookseller catalogs
Awarded Books / Pulitzer Prize;

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