Sarah Rainsford has worked for the BBC for twenty years, beginning her reporting in Russia where her team’s coverage of the Beslan school siege won a SONY Gold Award. She has since been posted to Istanbul and Madrid before heading for Havana in 2011. She is now the BBC Moscow correspondent. This is her first book.
'An unmissable insight into a still hidden world.' -- Mishal Husain '[A] colourful and affectionate account of this complex and fascinating place.' * <i>Literary Review</i> * 'Rainsford confronts a country of enigmatic contradictions with eyes and heart wide open in this fascinating, enlightening read.' * <i>Booklist</i> * 'Sarah Rainsford has written a lively and detailed account of her time in Havana and evokes the spirit of Graham Greene in delightful and surprising ways.' -- Thomas P. O'Connor, director of <i>Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene</i>, and Professor Emeritus, James Madison University