Mi Moto Fidel

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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR Ml MOTO FIDEL
"Mi Moto Fidel is a satisfying and complete portrait of Cuba. It's all here: money, sex, politics, geography, history, cigars, marlin, and, of course, Fidel. Serious travel writing is often intricate ai^ complex. Bikers, it seems, do it better."
—Tim Cahiil, author of Pass the Butterworms
"Baker's kiss-and-tell account of his romps across Fidel's island offers a bittersweet glimpse of life inside the last Marxist Utopia."
—Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary life
"Chris Baker's chaotic pilgrimage—by turns sharp-eyed, lustful, poetic, feverish, and joyful—brings a tropical nation of 10 million to vivid, pulsating life. The motorcycle proves itself, once again, a brilliant, ice-breaking instrument of true travel. Every package tourist should read this book first, then think again."
—Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph
"Mi Moto Fidel should be in the briefcase of every man in... Tovább

Fülszöveg

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR Ml MOTO FIDEL
"Mi Moto Fidel is a satisfying and complete portrait of Cuba. It's all here: money, sex, politics, geography, history, cigars, marlin, and, of course, Fidel. Serious travel writing is often intricate ai^ complex. Bikers, it seems, do it better."
—Tim Cahiil, author of Pass the Butterworms
"Baker's kiss-and-tell account of his romps across Fidel's island offers a bittersweet glimpse of life inside the last Marxist Utopia."
—Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary life
"Chris Baker's chaotic pilgrimage—by turns sharp-eyed, lustful, poetic, feverish, and joyful—brings a tropical nation of 10 million to vivid, pulsating life. The motorcycle proves itself, once again, a brilliant, ice-breaking instrument of true travel. Every package tourist should read this book first, then think again."
—Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph
"Mi Moto Fidel should be in the briefcase of every man in midlife. The erotically charged adventure through the forbidden island by a man on a motorcycle in his 40s is a fantastic fantasy realized. With its edgy candor, it captures a whole receding time and place with prickly cinematic takes, and makes a map of a hidden world, and of the anima of its soul."
—Ri<hard Bangs, author of The Lost Kiver (winner of the 1999 National Outdoor Book Award)

EQUALLY AT HOME ON THE ELEGANT
avenidas of Havana and the washboard trails of the Cuban countryside, Christopher P. Baker's 1000« BWW Paris-Dakar was as much a state of mind as a form of transportation. Gaudy and gargantuan, the lipstick-red motorcycle attracted attention, sparked conversation, and made new friends for Baker throughout his freewheeling, 7,000-mile peregrination of modern Cuba.
After three months astride his powerful moto. Baker brings back a vivid report that is a savory and surprising blend of romantic adventures, keen observation, and clear-eyed commentary. Introducing a remarkable cross section of Cubans from farmers and fishermen to cosmopolitan habaneras chafing under Castro's faltering rule. Baker captures the vivacious national spirit that has beguiled visitors for centuries. He explores the rich heritage of a lovely island gripped by poverty, political uncertainty, and painful transition, all the while charting his own gradual but profound change of heart about the Cuban Revolution. And, like a knight errant cruising a sultry paradise. Baker finds fair ladies wherever he goes: Daisy in Havana, Teresa in Nueva Gerona, and Sonia in Camagiiey, to name just three, exude an earthy, seductive charm that embodies Cuba.

Packed with insight, humor, and some surprisingly candid encounters. Mi Mota Fidel will take you on a trip you won't soon forget. It's an exuberant, often unexpected, always fascinating look at our nearby unknown neighbor and the irrepressibly friendly and resourceful people who call it home. Vissza