Miami, Florida

"Miami is a strange place; not at all like you imagine it, is it? [...] Take a good look: Miami is nothing. Because it's got everything but lacks the vital element: it has no heart." (from Havana Black by Leonardo Padura Fuentes, 1998)

"Power on Earth"

"That ordinary thing [power] is like an illness. After you get used to it you almost prefer life with it, though you know it will take you to the grave. I think it is a terrible vice, and one that isn't so easy to give up." (Leonardo Padura Fuentes.  Havana Black. 1998, 2006 English) (Picture: Amazon.co.uk)