The Attraction of Cuba

Chris Hilton went to Havana to escape the drudgery of everyday life and found love and gangland crime. It was a volatile mix. Chris Hilton went to Havana to escape the drudgery of everyday life in England-and, boy, did he escape it. Suddenly he found himself mixed up with a variety of gangland chancers, some Cuban, one British, all living on the edge of legality. There was always a risk of their money-making schemes getting rumbled by the police but that's what made it so compelling: the chance, the risk. Office life this wasn't. And then there was Jamilia-a refugee from rural poverty, who'd come to the big city as a teenager, and been rescued from the streets by an unnerving family of small-time criminals. ?A little crazy is good,? Jamilia tells Chris-and a little crazy they become, living hard, loving hard and putting back a deal of Cuban rum. But how long can craziness last? And what happens when good fortune turns to bad? AUTHOR: Chris Hilton has visited Cuba over thirty times and lived there twice. The events described in this book took place in the early 2000s, during the final years of Fidel Castro and the coming of the internet, and proved life-changing for all those involved: the author, his friends and his enemies.