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refusal to permit the release of a documentary film made by his brother. As a result, Lunes was closed down and Cabrera Infante barred from publishing in Cuba. With few options, he accepted a post at Cuba’s embassy in Brussels, Belgium, in 1962. He eventually went into exile, settling in London. In 1967 Cabrera Infante published his masterpiece, Tres tristes tigres . The title, a Spanish language tongue-twister, liter- ally means “three sad tigers,” but the English translation appeared as Three Trapped Tigers . The novel, an evocation of pre-revolutionary Havana nightlife, has multiple narrators but little plot. It’s rich in witty dialogue and dazzling wordplay.

The famous Tropicana nightclub in Havana is featured in Guillermo Cabrera Infante’s novel Tres tristes tigres , about 1950s nightlife in Cuba.

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