The Cuban Affair
''The Cuban Affair'' is Nelson DeMille's 20th novel. DeMille had earlier novels win a place on the New York Times bestseller list, ''New York Times'' bestseller list. 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''. 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. Another author, Jim Hughes, published a novel also named ''The Cuban Affair'' in 2010. Plot The novel's hero is Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, a veteran, who served five years in the United States Army, U.S. Army as an Infantry ...
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The Cuban Affair, Novel Cover
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