{"product_id":"escape-from-castros-cuba-9781496222923","title":"Escape from Castro's Cuba","description":"In this visionary sequel to \u003ci\u003eCastro's Curveball\u003c\/i\u003e, the former Washington Senators Minor League catcher has returned to Havana with a small role in a movie being filmed on location. Billy Bryan soon realizes that this place and his past remain as star-crossed as when he played winter ball in the Cuban capital decades before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Against his better judgment, Billy becomes entangled in a scheme to spirit a top baseball prospect off the island. This pits him against his old friend Fidel Castro. Despite being in his final days, the dictator remains a dangerous adversary, as does the Cuban sports machine and the Mexican crime syndicates that now direct baseball talent toward the U.S. Major Leagues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEscape from Castro's Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e, Billy must once again navigate the crosscurrents of the so-called City of Columns: a place where the sunsets from the Hotel Nacional along the Malec n breakwater are as beautiful as ever, but where the alleyways in Old Havana still fan out, crooked and broken, like an old catcher's fingers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496222923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270","brand":"Tim Wendel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38351645802677,"sku":"9781496222923","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_171ceb6e-e78b-451e-a8c6-4eadbcf1df9e.jpg?v=1611649086","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/escape-from-castros-cuba-9781496222923","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}