Havana Requiem: A Legal Thriller
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0071VUPGU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 188 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Paul Goldstein is regularly included in Best Lawyers in America and is the author of two previous Michael Seeley novels.
"This is the most subversive music of all. It makes practical people dream." Breaking through dense layers of legal arguments and behind-the-scenes political manuvering, Goldstein brings the city of Havana to life through its music, the subtle blend of passion and struggle that inspires its unique sound. Recently rehired by his New York law firm, Michael Seeley is approached by an elderly Cuban composer, . A Great "Lawyers for the Arts" Novel Alma Robinson The twisted vineyard of copyright termination provides the legal terrain for Paul Goldstein's thriller, Havana Requiem. Overlaid with the opaque veil of Cuban-American politics, the story of lawyer Michael Seeley's determined quest to retrieve copyrights for a group of renowned Cuban musicians provides enough verisimilitude to ca. descriptive delight Cuba is to many Americans a land of mystery. How we love all things forbidden in our world. Mr Goldstein provides a descriptive and insightful portrayal of Havana not only from the perspective of what the eye sees, but also the lifestyle. The images created in my mind brought me to a time when I visited East Berlin prior to the f
Fascinating, Byzantine, and completely unpredictable, Havana Requiem puts Paul Goldstein squarely in the first rank of not only legal thriller writers but all thriller writers. The portrait of post-Fidel Cuba and the sweltering inequities of Havana is unforgettable.”—Timothy Hallinan, author of The Queen of PatpongPraise for Paul Goldstein’s previous Michael Seeley novels“A Patent Lie trumps John Grisham’s work in every way—character, setting, plot and the prose—and gives readers interested in the drama of a high-value legal case a great reward for their attention.”—Alan Cheuse, NPR, All Things Considered“Erro
Recklessness and overreach cost him his wife, his job, and likely the life of his last client, a Chinese dissident journalist. In the heat of Havana, Seeley will lose himself to his worst and best passions as his pursuit of justice becomes a desperate gambit to save not only his composers but the stunning Amaryll, who is playing her own dangerous game.. Until it all fell apart. Fueled by alcohol and legal brilliance, Michael Seeley once oversaw his law firm's most successful litigation. When Reynoso goes missing, Seeley's reluctant promise to help draws him progressively deeper into Havana's violent underbelly and a decades-long conspiracy that runs from the partners in his firm to the U.S. State Department to Cuba's security police, who are willing to do anything to suppress the truth. Havana Requiem, the latest Seeley novel from the acclaimed author Paul Goldstein, opens after a year's sobriety has earned Seeley back most of what he lost: the partnership in his Manhattan law firm, if not his corner office; the wary respect of most of his partners; the lucrative clients—but not the gin-sharpened passion.Then the renowned Cuban musician Héctor Reynoso enters his office with a simple request: help him and other composers who defined Cuba's musical golden age of the 1940s and '50s—the m