The Cuban Affair is Nelson DeMille's 20th novel.[1][2] DeMille had earlier novels win a place on the New York Times bestseller list.[3] According to Publishers Weekly, Simon & Schuster had scheduled its release for September 17, 2017.
On June 2, 2017, Publishers Weekly published a profile of DeMille, focused around The Cuban Affair.[4] In that profile, DeMille traced his interest in Cuba to neighbors who were Cuban refugees he knew from his childhood. DeMille was finally able to visit Cuba in October 2015, where he was able to scout locations for the Cuban portion of the novel.
On September 5, 2017, DeMille and Alan P. Gross, who had been imprisoned in Cuba, appeared on a panel together, to discuss conditions in Cuba.[5]
Another author, Jim Hughes, published a novel also named The Cuban Affair in 2010.[6]
Plot
editThe novel's protagonist is Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, a veteran who served five years in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer. Mac completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan[7] and received the Silver Star and two Purple Hearts for his bravery.[1] Cuban-Americans hire him to covertly land in Cuba, and retrieve a cache of documents, and funds.
References
edit- ^ a b Peter Cannon (June 23, 2017). "Fall 2017 Announcements: Mysteries & Thrillers". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
For his 20th novel, bestseller DeMille surprises readers with a new character and a new setting. In the fall of 2015, a beautiful woman persuades Key West charter boat captain Daniel "Mac" MacCormick to travel to Cuba on a dangerous mission.
- ^ "The Cuban Affair: Nelson DeMille. Simon & Schuster, $28". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
Set in 2015 during the early days of the thaw between the U.S. and Cuba, this action-packed, relentlessly paced thriller from bestseller DeMille (The Quest) introduces Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, a 35-year-old army veteran wounded in Afghanistan and now living in Key West, Fla., as a charter boat captain.
- ^ Amelia Camurati (September 6, 2017). "Rosenthal named Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center president". The Island Now. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille will discuss his latest book, "The Cuban Affair," on Oct. 24 as part of the Book and Author series.
- ^ Alia Akkam (June 2, 2017). "BookExpo 2017: An Affair with Cuba: Nelson DeMille". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
In the early 1960s, a family of Cuban refugees escaped to suburban New York, where they found a home in the middle-class Long Island neighborhood where author Nelson DeMille grew up. The parents, who were very bitter over losing everything, first piqued DeMille's interest in Cuba's police state. "I knew there was a story there," he says. But it wasn't until nearly three decades later, when he visited Cuba for the first time, that a novel about the island began to take shape.
- ^ "Top author, former Cuban prisoner top bill at MJCCA". Dunwoody Crier. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
The MJCCA is pleased to welcome the legendary No. 1 New York Times best-selling author Nelson DeMille, presenting his new novel, "The Cuban Affair" on Sept. 26 at 7:30 pm. Appearing in conversation with DeMille is special guest Alan P. Gross, Former Cuban hostage and economic development and community engagement advisor.
- ^ "The Cuban Affair: Jim Hughes (September 2010)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
Lost in the Florida Everglades, suffering from extreme sunburn and drinking only what water she can filter through her underwear, Professor Brenda Johnson, the protagonist of The Cuban Affair, wonders who is after her and why.
- ^ Nelson DeMille, "The Cuban Affair", Simon & Schuster, 2017, page 4, "I spent five years in U.S. Army as an infantry officer and got blown up in Afghanistan".