Описание:

What is it like to live in Cuba today, five years after the revolution? Determined to bring back the story for the Scripps-Howard newspapers, Indian-born reporter Mohammed Rauf smuggled himself into Cuba to find the answers. Now in “CUBAN JOURNAL” he has expanded his newspaper articles into an absorbing, on-the-spot account of what one "not-so-innocent" abroad learned in modern Castroland.

Not long after his arrival, he experiences a weekend water shut-off in Havana, enjoys a polite brush-off by some ball-playing Russians on Miramar beach, and learns some startling facts about the Communists’ training program from a young trainee's sweetheart. He explores bookstores, nightclubs and cathedrals, a state farm, the main library in Havana, and Castro's great fortress, Morro Castle.

As he travels about he meets the people who live and love in Cuba today. There are elegantly groomed and gowned Russians and bush-shirted sugar workers, rifle-carrying militiamen and grim-faced becados (mostly girl hostages taken to Havana for "study and training"), and even a couple of bikini-clad enemies of the state.

From conversations, interviews, and penetrating research, Mr. Rauf gathered the facts for this revealing book. Extraordinarily graphic throughout and filled with a wealth of up-to-the-minute information, “CUBAN JOURNAL” tells a fascinating story of immediacy and importance to America and the world.