First edition hardcover of "King Bongo" by Thomas Sanchez, published in 2003 by Alfred A. Knopf. The book is in very fine condition and includes a dust jacket. This copy is also a first edition, adding to its collectible value.
"An exotic portrait of sex, violence, corruption and conspiracy in Cuba."-The Washington Post | "Big picture epic storytelling full of believable myth. Sanchez has taken the entire historical and cross-cultural immensity of (Havana) and telescoped it into an intricately twisted mystery."-San Francisco Chronicle Thomas Sanchez Home
About Thomas Sanchez
"American writer descendant of Spanish immigrant gamblers and Portuguese cattlemen dating back five generations to the Californias Gold Rush. He was born at the Oakland Naval Hospital in Oakland, California three months after his father was killed in the South Pacific Battle of Tawara during World War II."
"In the beginning of the 21st century Sanchez returned to the tropics for his fifth novel, King Bongo. It is set against the glamor and intrigue of pre-revolutionary 1950s Havana." wikipedia
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