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A bookDesi Arnaz

A book

382 pagesFirst published 19763 editions
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Description ""Welcome to A Book, in which I try to explain how a kid from Cuba found a way to make a living in the United States. It's all here -- the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly, the unbelievably lucky breaks, and the heartbreaking failures. "Except for my first experience with sex, a major earthquake, and a revolution in which we managed to lose everything we had, life in Cuba was lovely. Exile in Miami was a time for survival, when I perfected many interesting trades such as mobile canary-cage cleaner and broken-mosaic-tile salesman. Father Barry and Al Capone, Jr., helped me…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionBuccaneer Books1994—9781568492544
EditionWarner Books19773829780446891530
EditionMorrow19763229780688003425
Arnaz, desi, 1917-1986