by René Solis, Mara Hernandez, Leonardo Padura · Métailié · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782864244295
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«L'Automne à Cuba» is the crime novel by Leonardo Padura, published by Métailié in 2002 in paperback (238 pages, in French).
Lieutenant Mario Conde investigates the mutilated corpse of Miguel Forcade, found on a Havana beach; the inquiry reveals corruption, old families and missing paintings, while Hurricane Félix threatens the city. The novel portrays the disillusionment of a generation and is a tribute to the Cuba of music, sensuality and friendship.
Fourth installment in the Mario Conde series, originally published in 1998 as «Paisaje de otoño». Winner of the 1998 Hammett Prize and shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2007.
For crime fiction readers and for those following the Mario Conde police series.
Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes is a Cuban novelist and journalist best known for his Mario Conde detective novels and for El hombre que amaba a los perros (2009). In 2012, Padura was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award. In 2015, he was awarded the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras of Spain.
