Book Buzz–March Newsletter
March Read
Outcast by José Latour
Elliot Steil is the product of a short relationship between a Cuban mother and an American-born labourer prior to the revolution in 1959. Now in his forties, Steil works as a teacher in Havana. He has become disillusioned by the socialist revolution and its bureaucracy but he does not have the means to leave his homeland.
Steil is shocked when he is suddenly visited by an American private detective. Dan Gastler has come to Havana with a message from Elliot’s father and offers him way out of Cuba as a stowaway on a Florida-bound yacht. Things are not as straightforward as they appear however and midway through the journey his apparen't saviour turns on Steil, throwing him overboard to die in the Florida Straits.
Steil survives and makes his way to Miami where he must contend with his newfound freedom as he struggles to discover who has betrayed him and why.
Author Event
You've read the book, now discuss it with the author! Outcast author José Latour will be our online guest throughout March.
Upcoming Discussions
April
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May
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June
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