The Sugar King of Havana

The writing in this book hurt it some, it was clumsy and in some places riddled with grammatical errors that one would hope an editor might have dealt with. The story of Lobo's life was interesting once it got going, but the beginning of the book took some time to work through boring lead up and side information that I'm still not convinced was needed. I liked, in concept, that the biography meshed so personally with the author's own family, but the connections drawn didn't feel particularly rich, they mostly amounted to passing references to having been to the same parties, or would briefly hint at deeper friendships but then veer away from the topic.