{"title":"Alexander Sorondo","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"cubafruit-paperback","title":"Cubafruit - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn award-winning historian is drinking coffee in a Miami courtyard, 30 minutes before the most important interview of his career, when he gets a call from an unlisted number.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm looking at you through a rifle scope. Don't hang up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe can tell from her accent that the caller is from San Mara. A political exile, most likely, from the Caribbean nation he's been studying for years, whose fascist leader, the late Omar Basto, is the leading subject of his four-volume biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe biographer is appearing on the show for two reasons: the third volume of his Basto biography has just been released, but also because Basto himself, missing and presumed dead since 2000, seems to have re-appeared online.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaky footage from a street market in Ecuador.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos from a cruise ship in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shooter's instructions are simple: Stay on the line with me until you get the call. Loop me in. Let me speak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut staying on the line won't be easy. A curious police officer, an aggressive bystander, and a mysterious death nearby will challenge their plans, and exploit their defenses, as the shooter and biographer fall into a philosophical argument about who owns history: those who fight for the future, or those who rewrite the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSprawling, fast-paced, and splashed with magical realism, Cubafruit is a deeply-researched story about political violence, the exilic experience, and the three-way scramble for power among those who seek it, those who lose it, and those who tell their story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103212736735,"sku":"9798349356780","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/PKuWFJgE5Y9798349356780.webp?v=1781090500"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/alexander-sorondo.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}