{"product_id":"escape-from-castros-cuba-a-novel-paperback-softback-9781496222923","title":"Escape from Castro's Cuba; A Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496222923","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEscape from Castro's Cuba\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTim Wendel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496222923\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.294 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Wendel has hit this book-his 14th-out of the park. . . . You don’t have to be a major-league fan to fully immerse yourself in Wendel’s story. . . . A story of payback . . . set against the backdrop of a post-Castro Havana.\"-Cathy Alter, \u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Few know Cuba and its national pastime of \u003ci\u003ebÉisbol\u003c\/i\u003e better than Tim Wendel. Fewer still write about it with such honesty, grace, and insight.”-Luis Tiant, former Major League pitcher and author of \u003ci\u003eSon of Havana\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Cuba, baseball, and a compelling story that moves with the speed of a perfect fastball. \u003ci\u003eEscape from Castro’s Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e is another must-read sports novel from the wonderful Tim Wendel.”-Daniel Silva, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Order\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“In baseball, there is no higher praise than to be called ‘a baseball man.’ He’s the guy who scuffles, who hangs on, and hangs in; who rides the pines and counts it a blessing; who takes pride in the dings and dents in his catcher’s hands; who scouts the territory mined out of talent and recognizes the gem on a distant diamond from one quick flick of a wrist. In Billy Bryan, Tim Wendel has created the perfect baseball man. And in this novelistic return to the world of Cuban baseball and intrigue, Wendel has given Billy a perfect second act. It is an exquisite portrait of an aging baseball man of conscience and character who refuses to quit on the people and the game he loves. Thank you, Tim Wendel, for the loveliness of \u003ci\u003eEscape from Castro’s Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e.”-Jane Leavy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"I don’t know how a book becomes a movie, but I think this story would make a terrific one. Lots of action and atmosphere, wonderful characters, and beautiful settings.\"-\u003ci\u003eSisterhood of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNamed a 2021 Top Thriller by \u003ci\u003eAlta Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ​2022 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist in Action\/Adventure Fiction\u003cbr\u003e 2021 Professional Achievement Award, Johns Hopkins University faculty\u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the 2021 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this visionary sequel to \u003ci\u003eCastro’s Curveball\u003c\/i\u003e, the former Washington Senators Minor League catcher has returned to Havana with a small role in a movie being filmed on location. Billy Bryan soon realizes that this place and his past remain as star-crossed as when he played winter ball in the Cuban capital decades before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Against his better judgment, Billy becomes entangled in a scheme to spirit a top baseball prospect off the island. This pits him against his old friend Fidel Castro. Despite being in his final days, the dictator remains a dangerous adversary, as does the Cuban sports machine and the Mexican crime syndicates that now direct baseball talent toward the U.S. Major Leagues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEscape from Castro’s Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e, Billy must once again navigate the crosscurrents of the so-called City of Columns: a place where the sunsets from the Hotel Nacional along the MalecÓn breakwater are as beautiful as ever, but where the alleyways in Old Havana still fan out, crooked and broken, like an old catcher’s fingers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599905878296,"sku":"9781496222923","price":14.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/escape-from-castros-cuba-a-novel-paperback-softback-9781496222923","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}