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Cubans describe their nation as “The Land of Miracles,” in ironic tribute to the privations of life in a Communist country. Stephen Smith went to live there, and his search for the real Cuba become, inevitably, a search for Fidel Castro. Before meeting his quarry, Smith traversed the island in an old American car, along the way dining on giant rat, checking into a Love Hotel, posing as a second-hand arms dealer, and getting his head down on Castro’s bed. This is an insightful, disarmingly witty portrait of a country where communism and voodoo co-exist, and where the influence of its leader continues to throw a long shadow.