Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Máscaras [Havana Red]

Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Ed. by Cara Levey, University College Cork
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 4.1.3: Hispanic Writing and Culture of Central America and the Caribbean.
Vol. editors: Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Lori Oxford (Western Carolina University), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

First circulation or publication c. 1997

Places

Cuba (Country of Origin)

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Crime and Detective

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Máscaras

[Havana Red] (1997) is the third novel in Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura Fuentes’

Las Cuatro estaciones

[The Havana Quartet] tetralogy, though is marketed in Anglophone countries as the first in the series. Such a diversion from the original order may be due to

Máscaras

being widely regarded as the author’s finest novel from the series, having won Spain’s

Café Gijón

prize in 1995.

Máscaras is set in the summer of 1989 in Havana. The other novels take place during different seasons: Pasado perfecto [Havana Blue] (1991) in the winter, Vientos de cuaresma [Havana Gold] (1994) is set during the spring, and Paisaje de otoño [Havana Black] (1998) in the autumn. The series follows the exploits and investigations of detective Mario Conde, known by his nickname el Conde [The

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Citation: Peate, Ailsa. "Máscaras". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 March 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35568, accessed 03 December 2024.]

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