The domino diaries my decade boxing with Olympic champions and chasing Hemingway's ghost in the last days of Castro's Cuba
"Whether he's hustling his way into Mike Tyson's mansion for an interview, betting his life savings on a boxing match, becoming romantically entangled with one of Fidel Castro's granddaughters, or simply manufacturing press credentials to go where he wants, Brin-Jonathan Butler h...
| Main Author: | Butler, Brin-Jonathan (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Picador,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Whether he's hustling his way into Mike Tyson's mansion for an interview, betting his life savings on a boxing match, becoming romantically entangled with one of Fidel Castro's granddaughters, or simply manufacturing press credentials to go where he wants, Brin-Jonathan Butler has always been the 'act first, ask permission later' kind of journalist. This book is the culmination of Butler's decade spent in the trenches of Havana, trying to understand a culture perplexing to Westerners: one whose elite athletes regularly forgo multimillion-dollar opportunities to stay in Cuba and box for their country, while living in penury"-- |
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| Item Description: |
"A memoir"--Jacket. |
| Physical Description: |
292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781250043702 (hbk.) 1250043700 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER is a writer and filmmaker. His work has appeared in ESPN Magazine , Vice , Deadspin , The Wall Street Journal, Salon , and The New York Times . Butler's documentary, Split Decision , is Butler's examination of Cuban American relations and the economic and cultural paradoxes that have shaped them since Castro's revolution, through the lens of elite Cuban boxers forced to choose between remaining in Cuba or defecting to America. |