Many books about Fidel and the Cuban Revolution aren't really made for the layman. They usually require a certain amount of prior-knowledge on the subject, often involving long tracts of socialist jargon that make you want to get on with the housework instead.
So with this in mind, this book is written in the way that I talk to my friends round a camp-fire or down the pub – by which I mean informally, and with anecdotes, odd-tangents and jokes that would make my partner roll her eyes. In this way, it will be accessible to those who have not come across the subject before, whilst offering a more engaging story to those already well-versed.
In this way, I hope to offer a fresh perspective, where the story is not just about a man who ousted a dictator, repelled an invasion which had been organised and financed by the biggest military superpower the world has ever seen, survived hundreds of assassination attempts, helped end apartheid and created one of the most enviable healthcare systems in the world.
Because what it will also be about is the ways in which the quest for a better world can result in a surreal chaos in which boy scouts are responsible for keeping the streets free from rioters, oranges are declared bourgeois, and the United States National Security Council suggest faking the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
So with this in mind, this book is written in the way that I talk to my friends round a camp-fire or down the pub – by which I mean informally, and with anecdotes, odd-tangents and jokes that would make my partner roll her eyes. In this way, it will be accessible to those who have not come across the subject before, whilst offering a more engaging story to those already well-versed.
In this way, I hope to offer a fresh perspective, where the story is not just about a man who ousted a dictator, repelled an invasion which had been organised and financed by the biggest military superpower the world has ever seen, survived hundreds of assassination attempts, helped end apartheid and created one of the most enviable healthcare systems in the world.
Because what it will also be about is the ways in which the quest for a better world can result in a surreal chaos in which boy scouts are responsible for keeping the streets free from rioters, oranges are declared bourgeois, and the United States National Security Council suggest faking the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
