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02723aam a2200469Ii 4500 001 C5D9BD30586511EA978CCE3397128E48 003 SILO 005 20200226010029 008 190603t20192019enk 000 f eng d 020 $a 1912242176 020 $a 9781912242177 035 $a (OCoLC)1103317442 040 $a XYZ $b eng $e rda $c XYZ $d XYZ $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d GK8 $d NZAUC $d LMJ $d EAU $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h spa 043 $a nwcu--- 050 14 $a PQ7390.P32 $b C6413 2019 082 04 $a 863/.64 $2 23 100 1 $a Padura, Leonardo, $e author. 240 10 $a Cola de la serpiente. $l English 245 10 $a Grab a snake by the tail / $c Leonardo Padura ; translated by Peter Bush. 264 1 $a London : $b Bitter Lemon Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 156 pages ; $c 20 cm 520 $a "Mario Conde investigates a murder in the Barrio Chino, the rundown Chinatown of Havana. Not his usual beat, but when Conde was asked to take the case by his colleague, the sultry, perfectly proportioned Lieutenant Patricia Chion, a frequent object of his nightly fantasies, he could n't resist. The case proves to be unusual. Pedro Cuang, a lonely old man, is found hanging naked from a beam in the ceiling of his dingy room. One of his fingers has been amputated and a drawing of two arrows was engraved with a knife on his chest. Was this a ritual SanteriÌa killing or a just a sordid settling of accounts in a world of drug trafficking that began to infiltrate Cuban society in the 1980s? Soon Conde discovers unexpected connections, secret businesses and a history of misfortune, uprooting and loneliness that affected many immigrant families from China. As ever with Padura, the story is soaked in atmosphere: the drinking of rum in deliciously smoke-filled bars, the friendships, the food and beautiful women. "--Publisher description. 600 10 $a Conde, Mario $v Fiction. 600 17 $a Conde, Mario. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01744391 650 0 $a Chinese $z Havana $z Havana $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Police $z Havana $z Havana $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Police. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01068398 651 0 $a Havana (Cuba) $v Fiction. 651 7 $a Cuba. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205805 655 7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726581 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Mystery fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Bush, Peter R., $d 1946- $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317014532.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C5D9BD30586511EA978CCE3397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search