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Summary: not bad..... but
Review: i do recomend it to any objective minded person interested in Cuba. But I would caution the reader. First of all the author spent all his time with who ever happened to approach him in his hitching-hiking journey. Could you imagine the view of the USA you might get from a similar sampling technique? Say on a greyhound journey? yikes! The actions of his aquaintences contradict their statements time and time again. He doesn't bother to point out. His unforgivable omission however, is that he never asks the real question of his discontent interviewees. That is, what do they think is the solution to Cuba's problems. That said, I still recomend reading it.
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Summary: Viva Cuba
Review: I found Waiting for Fidel to be informative and humorous. This is great "light reading" about Cuban life. I enjoyed how the author shared his experiences with everyday Cubans. Also the fact that he didn't travel in Cuba as a regular tourist would , but as an everyday citizen. I would have gave the book 5 stars , but the author was too clean-cut for my taste and if he had more "close calls" or hair raising stories. Overall: Buy the Book!
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Summary: Smell the sweat, cigars and rum mingling in the salty air
Review: I was transported back to 1993 when I went on a trip to Cuba in search of myself. I couldn't put the book down. I know all the characters Hunt encounters in Cuba. I can feel their warmth, touch there souls, I can smell them, even though I've never met them in person. Friends have asked me what Cuba is like. I always recommend "Waiting for Fidel." Cuba is a complex world, socially and politically. The Revolution instituted good and bad. Hunt discovers this through his travels and conveys it well. I won't tell you how the book ends ( I love the ending ).Tomas Hernandez is a Television Producer in San Francisco. Born in Cuba he left in1960 when he was three. He was raised for most of his youth in Puerto Rico and the US East Coast.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: Like other reviewers, I struggled at times with this book. It's easy reading, but drags in the middle by getting bogged down in historical recounting. Having said that, you do get a sense of what it is like to live in Cuba, so I definitely think it is worthwhile to push through this one. I also wish Hunt had been less innocent and made different choices at times.
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Summary: Waiting for the TRUTH!
Review: Mr. Hunt , like so many, has been duped by Castro's obvious split personality. He has two: one for the cameras and the curiosity-seekers and the one he reserves exclusively for Cuban people. Mr. Hunt has been dazzled by the charismatic image of an espresso drinking, cigar- smoking figure donning military fatigues babbling tiresome rhetoric of an out of vogue ideology. Instead, he failed to capture the truth: a paramilitary totalitarian guerrilla whose oppressive rule has destroyed a nation, separated families and friends merely to satisfy his sadist megalomanic delusions. I remain amazed at what reporters and tourists would never tolerate in this country considering romantic in Cuba! Well, there is nothing romantic about living without free elections, free speech and the right to travel freely without persecution. I would love to discuss the evils of Marxist economics in Cuba but I am limited to a 1,000 words maximum.
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Summary: Viva Cuba
Review: My only regret about this book is that I did not have it when I visited Cuba some years ago by way of Yucatan. Hunt creates a very realistic image of what Cuba was like right after the fall of the Soviet Union and what he calls "Cuba's loss of its sugar daddy." Unlike most books about Cuba, this one sought to explore the views and lives of those outside of Havana. Through his pilgramage through Cuba, following Fidel's revolutionary steps, Hunt comes across many common people with suprisingly varied views about Fidel's government. His musings about the eclectic things of Cuba make for a light read for a book with so much historical content. Do not take the title literally. While Hunt sets off to Cuba to find Fidel, he quickly makes that a secondary agenda as he instead moves toward a study of Cuban society and the effects that the Cuban government has had on since around 1990.
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Summary: Not for those who take the title literally!
Review: My only regret about this book is that I did not have it when I visited Cuba some years ago by way of Yucatan. Hunt creates a very realistic image of what Cuba was like right after the fall of the Soviet Union and what he calls "Cuba's loss of its sugar daddy." Unlike most books about Cuba, this one sought to explore the views and lives of those outside of Havana. Through his pilgramage through Cuba, following Fidel's revolutionary steps, Hunt comes across many common people with suprisingly varied views about Fidel's government. His musings about the eclectic things of Cuba make for a light read for a book with so much historical content. Do not take the title literally. While Hunt sets off to Cuba to find Fidel, he quickly makes that a secondary agenda as he instead moves toward a study of Cuban society and the effects that the Cuban government has had on since around 1990.
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Summary: Missing the beat!
Review: The premise starts off hopefully enough as the author sets out, ostensibly to find Fidel, but as you read, you realize this is an insincere focus that Hunt makes no attempt to bring to fruition. The author seems to be floundering without purpose. Worse, he seems incapable of analyzing or understanding what he experienced or witnessed in Cuba, so that the reader comes away with only the flimsiest sense of 'the Cuban experience.' Where is the sensuality; the tension; the sense of Alice in Wonderland duality that makes Cuba so engaging? Hunt's drab writing style doesn't help. I struggled to finish the book.
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Summary: Christopher Hunt gives good, unbaised view of life in Cuba
Review: While reading this, I was impressed how Hunt went about finding Fidel. While in Havana, he met several people who gave him good info and helped him get started on his journey. While trailing Castros revolutionary path, he becomes "Cubanised" by the people he meets along the way, gets a good view of Cuban life. Best of all, he learns and conveys valuable lessons that only an adventurer like him could. I like how he doesn't try to pass judgement, just simply report what he see's and does an outstanding job drawing things out for his readers. An oustanding book for anyone wanting an unbaised look into Cuba.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: Wonderful, descriptive account of the author traveling "Cuban Style" throughout Cuba in an attempt to meet Fidel Castro. Great perspective of the way of life.
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