''The Cuban Affair'' is

Nelson DeMille Nelson Richard DeMille (born August 23, 1943) is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. His novels include '' Plum Island'', '' The Charm School'', and '' The Gold Coast''. DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack ...

's 20th novel. DeMille had earlier novels win a place on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. According to ''

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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

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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 U.S. Army as an

infantry Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine i ...

officer. Mac completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan

, "The Cuban Affair",

, 2017, page 4, "I spent five years in U.S. Army as an infantry officer and got blown up in Afghanistan". and received the

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and two Purple Hearts for his bravery. Cuban-Americans hire him to covertly land in Cuba, and retrieve a cache of documents, and funds.

References

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