Leonardo Padura: 24 books

"Padura’s Heretics spans and defies literary categories . . . ingenious." —Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air A sweeping novel of art theft, anti-Semitism, contemporary Cuba, and crime from a renowned Cuban author, Heretics is Leonardo Padura's greatest detective work yet. In...

Los libros de Leonardo Padura están hechos de historia, y de literatura, y de humo de cigarro cubano, y del béisbol al que tan aficionado es el narrador de La Habana. La nueva obra de Padura es una celebración y un homenaje al género de la novela, del que se siente tan deudor; en sus páginas...

The previous two Padura novels, Havana Red and Havana Black were widely praised in the US and the UK and are in their third reprints. They are Bitter Lemon’s best selling titles with sales of over 15,000. Padura’s masterful prose and eye for detail evoke the Havana that millions of tourists have...

A gripping novel about the assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940 In The Man Who Loved Dogs, Leonardo Padura brings a noir sensibility to one of the most fascinating and complex political narratives of the past hundred years: the assassination of Leon Trotsky by Ramón Mercader. The...

En una terraza habanera con vistas al Malecón, un grupo de viejos amigos se reúne para celebrar el inesperado regreso de Amadeo, exiliado en España durante dieciséis años. Lo que empieza siendo una velada festiva en la que se recuerdan entre risas historias y melodías de su juventud, se convierte,...

•Our sixth Inspector Mario Conde mystery novel, to follow on from the success of the Havana Quartet and other Conde mysteries published by BLP. •The first four Conde novels are now on Netflix as the much-acclaimed series Four Seasons in Havana. • Padura has received tremendous...

The previous three Padura novels, Havana Red, Havana Black, and Havana Blue were widely praised in the US and the UK and are in their third reprints. They are Bitter Lemon’s best selling titles with sales of over 50,000. 2. An insiders view: Padura lives in Cuba, writes often scathing novels about...

Padura’s best novel. Assured in pace and style. A suspenseful mystery, a cruel family saga and an ode to literature and his beloved island, all rolled into one. 2. The titles in the Havana Quartet, Havana Red, Havana Black, Havana Blue and Havana Gold were widely praised in the US and the UK and are...

Después del bestseller internacional El hombre que amaba a los perros, Leonardo Padura investigó durante años para escribir su nueva novela. Éste es su testimonio de cómo viajó a la Ámsterdam de Rembrandt, cómo se documentó sobre las familias judías sefardíes, y cómo, a través de un cuadro,...

O passado remoto e o presente imediato se entrelaçam neste novo romance do escritor cubano Leonardo Padura. Em A transparência do tempo acompanhamos o já conhecido detetive Mario Conde em seu oitavo caso, o desaparecimento de uma estátua de uma virgem negra. Às vésperas de completar sessenta...

“If baseball is really a metaphor for life, then Kill the Ámpaya -- Dick Cluster's wonderful collection of Latin American baseball stories -- is an astonishing record of its beauty and coarseness, redemption and tragedy. You don't have to be a baseball fan to appreciate these stories, each one...

El universo habanero de las novelas de Leonardo Padura ya es inconfundible, pero hasta ahora sus relatos nunca habían sido recogidos en un solo volumen. Sus cuentos son historias magnífi cas protagonizadas por periodistas que vuelven de Angola a La Habana y recalan en Madrid —donde el azar los...

The first book in this series, Havana Red, is the best selling Bitter Lemon title. Prize winning novel. Beautiful, sexy rendition of life in Cuba in mystery format. But also a deep, cutting, yet uncensored critique of the Cuban regime from within. Padura has elected to stay, remains in love with his...

First of quartet with same hero. Sold well in Spain, Italy , France and Germany (40,000 per title in Germany alone). First time the author is available in English.Award winning novel.High critical acclaim in all countries.