{"product_id":"9781641298407","title":"Liliana Bell and the American Fable","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMestre-Reed, Ernesto\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSoho Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/6\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Havana to Miami to Washington, a darkly exuberant novel of ambition and mythmaking—a sweeping portrait of power, sacrifice, and the stories that shape nations and the families who survive them\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen and pregnant, Cuban immigrant Liliana Bell delivers a mysterious package to \u003ci\u003eel señor Presidente\u003c\/i\u003e—the disgraced former U.S. leader and self-styled savior of the Western Hemisphere. When her water breaks in his Miami Beach suite, an unlikely covenant is forged. Naming her newborn \u003ci\u003eVictoria Ricarda\u003c\/i\u003e in his honor, Liliana leaves her abusive husband for Bobo Delgado, a banking magnate and \u003ci\u003eel señor Presidente’s\u003c\/i\u003e closest confidant—unaware of the grand, delusional plans the two men share to liberate Cuba and redeem their legacies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the ensuing decades, Liliana ascends through the corridors of American politics, becoming many things—immigrant, survivor, senator, spy—until the myths that made her threaten to consume her family. Her grandson preaches revolution from the wilderness, her daughter vanishes into the hills, and her namesake rises in Washington, torn between loyalty and escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoiling through the tumult of half a century of American political history with its island neighbor, the novel closes on the days after the insurrection at the Capitol, as the boogeymen of the past crown this tale of cabals, compromises, and conspiracies that make both countries and their powerbrokers seem more similar than either would deign to admit.","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48837817925887,"sku":"9781641298407","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781641298407.jpg?v=1784129503","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781641298407","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}