Publisher's Synopsis
'A penetrating account of Cuban history ... [an] extraordinary book'
MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT, US Secretary of State, 1997-2001
'This is a splendid book, which narrates the tragedy of a Cuban, Oswaldo Pay�, who dared to oppose Fidel Castro in communist Cuba, and paid dearly for it. David E. Hoffman's research is magnificent and his biography reads like a great novel' MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
The riveting biography of a dissident who defied Castro's dictatorship, and paid with his life.
Oswaldo Pay� was seven years old when Fidel Castro seized power, promising to create a 'free, democratic, and just Cuba'. But Castro instead created an authoritarian regime and crushed all dissent.
The dream of democracy became Pay�'s life work. Sent to Castro's forced labour camps, he could not stay silent, and formed a pro-democracy movement. After receiving multiple death threats, Pay� was killed in a suspicious car accident in 2012.
Democracy is in retreat all over the world. Oswaldo Pay� showed how to fight for it. His battle was waged from the streets of Havana but carried universal truths.Pulitzer Prize-winner David E. Hoffman, author of the acclaimed The Billion Dollar Spy, tells the compelling story of a courageous dissident in action.
