Jose : A rather Tivoli question, I admit & one you may
not be able to answer. It's a well-known fact that
ex-president Bill Clinton is a crime fiction fan; reputedly
his favourite author is, or was, Walter Mosley. It's also
well known that Fidel Castro is a keen reader & also that
he is a close personal friend of the great Colombian author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I was wondering if Fidel was known to
be a reader of crime fiction & also which authors/books
he likes, if that's the case.I'm also curious as to the
status of crime fiction in Cuba - is it considered a
respectable genre, worthy of prizes & government grants,
etc or something disreputable & subversive, a more or
less "underground" literature, or thirdly, a popular
entertainment with no real literary/artistic merit; or a
combination, etc. I apologise if this has been covered in
previous posts. I don't recall that to be the case.
Rene.
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