Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Inspired by fifty years of Cuban literary noir, from COLD TALES by Virgilio Pinera to Reinaldo Arenas' Before Night Falls, Robert Arellano's HAVANA LUNAR intertwines an insider testimony on the collapse of socialist Cuba with a psychological mystery. Arellano's parents fled Havana in 1960. He has been working on HAVANA LUNAR since 1992, when, as a student in Brown University's graduate writing program, he visited Cuba on a research fellowship. He has returned ten times, chronicling the Revolution in journalism, essay, and song. He is the author of two novels, FAST EDDIE: KING OF THE BEES and DON DIMAIO OF LA PLATA, both published by Akashic Books.

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Robert Arellano teaches creative writing at Brown University. He is the author of FAST EDDIE, KING OF THE BEES (Akashic Books, 2002), DON DIMAIO OF LA PLATA (Akashic Books, 2004), HAVANA LUNAR (Akashic Books, 2009) and his short fiction has appeared in the Kenyon Review and Jane. Most recently, he is the author of CURSE THE NAMES (Akashic Books, 2011). As an indie musician, Arellano has played with Will Oldham and Nick Cave.