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<p><p>rachel Kushner's Mother Grew Up In Cuba In The 1950s, In The United Fruit Company Enclave Where <i>telex From Cuba</i> Takes Place. Calling On A Rich Trove Of Family Letters, Photos, Meticulously Kept Journals, And Historical Research, Kushner Sets Free Her Brilliant Imagination In This Profoundly Resonant Story Of A World That Was Paradise For A Time And For A Few. <p>for Half A Century, Americans Controlled Cuba's Sugar And Nickel Operations---the Country's Two Most Lucrative Exports. Between The United Fruit Company's 300,000-acre Plantation And The Nearby Nicaro Nickel Mines, Americans Tended Their Own Fiefdom In Cuba's Oriente Province. Everly Lederer And K. C. Stites Come Of Age In This World. Each Has A Keen Eye For The Indulgences And Betrayals Of The Grown-ups Around Them. Meanwhile, In Faraway Havana, A Cabaret Dancer And A French Agitator With A Shameful Past Become Enmeshed In The Brewing Political Underground. When Fidel And Ra&#250;l Castro Lead A Revolt From...</p><h3>the Washington Post - Carolyn See</h3><p>wonderful Reviews Have Been Coming Thick And Fast For <i>telex From Cuba,</i> And They're More Than Well Deserved. This First Novel By Rachel Kushner Is A Pure Treat From The Cover To The Very Last Page. It's The Kind Of Thing You Should Stock Up On To Give Sick Friends As Presents; They'll Forget Their Arthritis And Pneumonia, I Promise, Once They Walk Into A Land That's Gone Now, But Not Yet Quite Forgotten: Cuba In The Last Few Years Before Fidel Castro Took Over&#8230;a World We'll Never See Again, Any Part Of It. Rachel Kushner Uses Her Considerable Powers To Bring It Back For Us, One Last Time.</p>