by Leonardo Padura · METAILIE · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782864243236
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«Électre à La Havane» is the crime novel by Cuban writer Leonardo Padura, published by Métailié in paperback (236 pages, in French).
Inspector Mario Conde investigates in Havana the murder of a young transvestite found with a red dress in a park. The inquiry leads him into the world of theater and into a Cuban society marked by corruption, shortages and masks; the case erodes his certainties and confronts him with his own identity.
Third installment of the Inspector Mario Conde series, originally published as «Máscaras»; this French edition appeared in 1999 in the Suites collection.
For readers of crime fiction and Cuban narrative who enjoy detective plots with a social backdrop.
