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...Spitfire.* For one brief, delirious moment of pure fantasy, Tom's grieving mother appears and, after turning out to be none other than Marlene Dietrich, goes briefly to bed with Hudson. Such diversions, alas, are all but drowned in endless talk, mainly in Havana's Floridita Bar, where Hudson, now completely taken over by Papa Hemingway, holds forth to politicians, bartenders, soldiers and sailors and, yes, an elderly, wise, warmhearted prostitute named Honest...
...year and a half ago, Havana's news stalls still displayed a few back copies of U.S. magazines, but no more. And a monotonous buzz blots out the radio broadcasts from Miami. Even that wonderful old mirror over the bar at Ernest Hemingway's famous hangout La Floridita has been taken down. In its place is one of those sweaty murals of militant struggle, which is enough to drive a person from drink...
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