The Autobiography of Fidel Castro

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An audacious x201C;biographyx201D; of the ex-president of Cuba told in Castrox2019;s own outrageous, bombastic voice.Prize-winning author and journalist Norberto Fuentes was once a revolutionary: a writer with privileged access to Fidel Castrox2019;s inner circle during some the most challenging years of the revolution. But in the late 1990s, as the regime began sending its oldest comrades to the firing squad, he became A Man Who Knew Too Much. Escaping a death sentence and now living in exile, Fuentes has written a brilliant, satirical, and utterly captivating x201C;autobiographyx201D; of the Cuban leaderx2014;in Fidelx2019;s own arrogant and seductive languagex2014;discussing everything from Castrox2019;s early sexual experiences in BirxE1;n to his true feelings about Che Guevara and his philosophy on murder, legacy, and state secrets. Critics have long admired Fuentesx2019;s writing; one U.S. article called him x201C;Norman Mailerx2019;s Cuban pen pal.x201D; Akin to Gertrude Steinx2019;s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, or Edmund Morrisx2019;s Dutch, this wickedly entertaining, true-to-life masterpiece is as imaginative and outsized as Castro himself.