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product_id: 4350789
title: "Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground"
brand: "peter moruzzi"
price: "$200"
currency: NZD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 12
url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/4350789-havana-before-castro-when-cuba-was-a-tropical-playground
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# Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground

**Brand:** peter moruzzi
**Price:** $200
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground by peter moruzzi
- **How much does it cost?** $200 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground

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## Customer Reviews

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    Print copy superior to Kindle version.
  

*by V***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 16, 2022*

Terrific book!  Informative and inspiring.  The Kindle version though cheaper is not as good as the print version whose pictures offer much better resolution.Overall, an excellent book.  Kudos to its author.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    What was a beautiful exciting place.
  

*by C***M on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 17, 2017*

I'm half-Cuban and I had the privilege of spending summers there every year until I was 13 in 1959 (you guess why). I cherish everything about pre-revolutionary Cuba and this, and other books like it, show what a unique and wonderful place it was. No. I didn't go to these clubs when I was 13, but my parents did and I heard plenty about them. Seeing these pictures and reading this historical review pulls at my heartstrings. I got to visit there in 2012 and everything I saw was like a sad worn down, worn out "B" movie set compared to what it was. I am glad books like this show something of what I knew and what I miss. I am an American first and foremost. I was born in my dad's home State of Texas, but Cuba is the land of my mother and her family and a good part of my heritage is there. Enjoy this and other books like it and remember what was and what could have been. It was a beautiful, exciting place, even for a 13-year-old.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Loved the book for what it is-a fabulous look at the past.
  

*by B***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2011*

Some reviewers have criticized the book for not bashing Battista sufficiently.  Well, that wasn't the point of the book.  The point of the book is to illustrate the glamorous life of those traveling to Cuba before 1958.  In this pursuit, the book does a marvelous job.The book is wonderful for what it is.  There are lots of other books on the horrors of Batista and the US government's involvement in Cuba if one wants to read them.  I was in the lobby of the Riviera hotel a few years ago and it is indeed like stepping into frozen time--I appreciate it even more after reading details in these wonderfully illustrated pages.  This book is a jewel for those who just want to reminisce  or envision a world of glamor, sex and gambling.  No more, no less.  I highly recommend it.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-05*