Bibliograph

Queen of the underworld, a novel, by Gail Godwin

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Queen of the underworld, a novel, by Gail Godwin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Queen of the underworld

Oclc number

62321576

Responsibility statement

by Gail Godwin

Sub title

a novel

Summary

In the summer of 1959, as Castro clamps down on Cuba and its first wave of exiles flees to the States to wait out what they hope to be his short-lived reign, Emma Gant, fresh out of college, begins her career as a reporter. Her fierce ambition and belief in herself are set against the stories swirling around her, both at the newspaper office and in her downtown Miami hotel, which is filling up with refugees. Emma gets to know the Cuban families living in her hotel and has an affair with Paul Nightinghale, a married man. She also becomes friends with a man, a gambling racketeer, that belongs to a anti-Castro training brigade who poses a threat to Paul and a former madam

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