Product Description

First published twenty years ago, this lively and entertaining account of life in Castro's Cuba is a travel classic.Granted unprecedented access for an American journalist, Tom Miller spent 8 months travelling through Cuba, from coastal cities to mountain villages, from the Bay of Pigs to both sides of the fence at Guantanamo, mixing with literati and black marketers, cane cutters and cigar rollers. In "Trading with the Enemy" he provided a rare insight into the country.Now updated twenty years after its first publication, this new edition contains much new material. Miller has added new chapters based on his January 2008 visit to Cuba, on the view on the street regarding the US and the prospects for the country after Fidel Castro's death.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88761 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

About the Author
Tom Miller, a veteran of the underground press of the 1960s, his writing has appeared in Smithsonian, The New Yorker, LIFE, The New York Times and many other publications. He has led educational tours through Cuba for the National Geographic Society and other organizations, is the author of several books, and has appeared on many US TV networks. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Customer Reviews

I enjoyed the book. Gives insight into like in Cuba.
The author gives a great panoramic view to the reader of what life is actually like in Cuba through his travels around Cuba and select stratas of Cuban society such as a Cuban TV cook, a Cuban baseball team, Cuban Jews, government employees, street huslers for American dollars, hitchhikers, drinking companions met along the way,and women in lines at 5:00 am awaiting to buy goods. A well written book that doesn't lecture with no political agenda, but just tells what was found-good and bad--straight from the hip.