The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos

Image of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

It is about the lives of two Cuban brothers and musicians, Cesar and Nestor Castillo, who immigrate to the United States and settle in New York City in the early 1950s. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990, being the first novel by an American-born Hispanic to do so. It was the basis for a 1992 motion picture, The Mambo Kings, as well as a musical in 2005.

- Wikipedia

The 1557th greatest fiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

  1. - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Pulitzer Prize)

Buy This Book

Paperback
Hardcover
Kindle Edition

Copyright 2009-2014 Shane Sherman
Privacy Policy