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Passé parfait (1991)

par Leonardo Padura

Séries: Havana Quartet (1), Mario Conde (1)

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Praise forthe Havana Quartet: "Overlaid with a rich smoky patina, an atmosphere that reeks of slums and riches, cigar smoke and exotic perfumes.Havana Black is a strong tasting book, a rich feast of wit and feeling."--The Independent "Drenched with that beguiling otherness so appealing to fans of mysteries of other cultures, it will also appeal to those who appreciate the sultry lyricism of James Lee Burke."--Booklist "A great plot, perfectly executed with huge atmosphere. You can almost smell the cigar smoke, rum and cheap women."--Daily Mirror "Havana Red, another winner from Bitter Lemon Press."--The New York Times Lieutenant Mario Conde is suffering from a terrible New Year's Eve hangover. Though it's the middle of a weekend, he is asked to urgently investigate the mysterious disappearance of Rafael Morin, a high-level business manager in the Cuban nomenklatura. Conde remembered Morin from their student days: good-looking, brilliant, a "reliable comrade'' who always got what he wanted, including Tamara, the girl Conde was after. But Rafael Morin's exemplary rise from a poor barrio and picture-perfect life hides more than one suspicious episode worthy of investigation. While pursuing the case in a decaying but adored Havana, Conde confronts his lost love for Tamara and the dreams and illusions of his generation.… (plus d'informations)
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„Mario Conde nahm die geschlossene Akte in die Hand. Ihm schwante, dass sie eine Art Büchse der Pandora sein könnte, und er verspürte keinerlei Lust, die Dämonen der Vergangenheit aus ihr zu befreien.“ (Zitat Seite 22)

Inhalt
Noch sehr angeschlagen von der Silvesterfeier, freut sich Teniente Mario Conde über sein freies Wochenende, als sein Chef anruft und dieses beendet. Denn am Abend des 1. Januar hat die Ehefrau von Rafael Morín Rodríguez ihren Mann als vermisst gemeldet. Dieser Fall ist brisant und Conde muss sofort zu ermitteln beginnen, denn Rodríguez ist der einflussreiche Leiter der Import-Export-Abteilung im Industrieministerium. Da es sich bei Rafael Morín um genau jenen Schulkollegen handelt, der Tamara Valdemira geheiratet hat, die heimliche große Jugendliebe von Mario Conde, begleiten persönliche Erinnerungen den Teniente bei seinen aktuellen Recherchen. Das Leben und Verhalten von Rafael Morín Rodríguez waren immer perfekt, ein untadeliger Mann mit einer weißen Weste, wo sind die Schatten?

Thema und Genre
Der vorliegende Kriminalroman spielt in Kuba. Es ist der erste Band der Serie Havanna Quartett und es geht hier um wesentlich mehr, als das Verschwinden einer Person. Themen sind Politik, Gesellschaft, Jugenderinnerungen, sowie die Lebensträume einer jungen Generation und die Veränderungen im Laufe der Jahre.

Charaktere
Seit zwölf Jahren ist die Hauptfigur, Teniente Mario Conde, bei der Polizei und ebenso lang fragt er sich, warum. Gerade dieser aktuelle Fall führt El Conde weit in seine Vergangenheit zurück und kurz wünscht er sich, wieder sechzehn Jahre alt zu sein, einen anderen Weg für sein Leben auszuprobieren. „Eines Tages vielleicht würde er seine alten Illusionen wieder haben, würde in einem Haus in Cojímar wohnen, wie Hemingway, direkt an der Küste, in einem Holzhaus mit roten Dachziegeln und einem Zimmer zum Schreiben.“ (Zitat Seite 147)

Erzählform und Sprache
Die Handlung wird personal erzählt, die aktuellen Ermittlungen werden ergänzt durch Erinnerungen an Ereignisse im Jahr 1972 und Gedankenströme, sowie Beobachtungen und Schilderungen des Umfeldes und der Situation in Kuba. Zwischendurch wechselt die Erzählform sowohl bei Mario Conde, als auch bei seinem Mitarbeiter Manolo in die Ich-Form, was uns tief in die Gedanken der Figuren eintauchen lässt und die Geschichte auch sprachlich interessant und abwechslungsreich gestaltet.

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Ein vielschichtiger Kuba-Roman mit interessanten Themen und ebenso facettenreichen Figuren. Eine spannende Geschichte mit atmosphärischen Schilderungen Kubas, auch sprachlich überzeugend. ( )
  Circlestonesbooks | Apr 17, 2024 |
I discovered this book through the podcast "A Strong Sense of Place", episode 11: Cuba: Castro, Conga, Cars, and Cigars. If you've never heard of it, the premise of the podcast is to discuss books that provide a strong sense of place featured in each episode. Among the 5 books discussed in this episode was "Havana Fever", the 4th installment in the Mario Conde Series. I realized that I had read his novel "The Man Who Loved Dogs", and had enjoyed his writing style. I wanted to start at the beginning of the series and I am glad that I did!
Blue Havana is Cuban Crime noir, and so much more. The disappearance of Rafael Morin, an important business manager and 'reliable comrade' is a McGuffin, an event that helps us get to know Mario, or "the Count", a boozy detective in Havana, his past, his dreams, and his desires, as well as his day to day habits and interests. (Among which are Hemingway, rock n roll, baseball jazz, and drinking).
Mario can't explain why he became a police officer; he once vowed to become a writer, and nothing else in front of a photo of Hemingway., "the idol he most worshipped" Although he is a gifted policeman, he no longer writes...he would like to be 16 again, in order to reshape his past:" there couldn't be a repeat of the long chain of errors and coincidences that had shaped his existence ". (Who hasn't felt that way!)
This disappearance brings up his past because Rafael was a schoolmate of Mario's. His "strolls down memory lane always ended in melancholy ", and in trying to solve the disappearance, Mario's calm solitude is disturbed as he confronts regret, disillusionment, and the dreams he, as well as his " lost, faceless" generation, had deferred...
"What have you made of your life Mario Conde, he asked himself daily as he attempted to reverse the time machine and one by one right his own wrongs, disappointments and excesses, anger and hatred, cast off his errant ways and find the exact point at which to start afresh."
Wow! Insightful writing. The translation is quite good...only one or 2 clunkers...calling a zipper a zip, and a car horn a klaxon. The writing alone hooked me, but the story and sense of place truly made it a book I strongly recommend and will never loan out! I bookmarked many beautiful, moving passages.
And if I had any doubts about continuing the series, the ending paragraph wowed me even more.
"He stretched out a hand towards his bookcase and picked out the only book that had never accumulated dust. 'May it be very squalid and moving', he repeated loudly and read the story of the man who knew all the secrets of the banana fish, which is maybe why he killed him and fell asleep thinking the story was pure squalor because of the quiet brilliance of the suicide." ( )
  Chrissylou62 | Apr 11, 2024 |
3.5 rounded up. A few translation hiccups but I enjoyed the characters and setting. Will pick up the next book in the series. ( )
  mmcrawford | Dec 5, 2023 |
El primer fin de semana de 1989, una insistente llamada de teléfono arranca de su resaca al teniente Mario Conde, un policía escéptico y desengañado. El Viejo, su jefe en la Central, le llama para encargarle un misterioso y urgente caso: Rafael Morín, jefe de la Empresa de Importaciones y Exportaciones del Ministerio de Industrias, falta de su domicilio desde el día de Año Nuevo. Quiere el azar que el desaparecido sea un ex compañero de estudios de Conde, un tipo que ya entonces, aún acatando las normas establecidas, se destacaba por su brillantez y autodisciplina. Por su fuera poco, este caso enfrenta al teniente con el recuerdo de su antiguo amor por la joven Tamara, ahora casada con Morín.
  Natt90 | Dec 18, 2022 |
Gritty, gritty Havana--a backdrop for sweet memories of youth and the aftermath of living a life you never wanted (as a cop). The woman you wanted returns taken, the man you hated (the one who never failed and was making it towards the top of the party) does not. And you and your friends drink rum and eat big. You solve the murder as you choke on the life you lead. Gritty. No Socialist
Realism here. ( )
  kerns222 | May 25, 2018 |
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Praise forthe Havana Quartet: "Overlaid with a rich smoky patina, an atmosphere that reeks of slums and riches, cigar smoke and exotic perfumes.Havana Black is a strong tasting book, a rich feast of wit and feeling."--The Independent "Drenched with that beguiling otherness so appealing to fans of mysteries of other cultures, it will also appeal to those who appreciate the sultry lyricism of James Lee Burke."--Booklist "A great plot, perfectly executed with huge atmosphere. You can almost smell the cigar smoke, rum and cheap women."--Daily Mirror "Havana Red, another winner from Bitter Lemon Press."--The New York Times Lieutenant Mario Conde is suffering from a terrible New Year's Eve hangover. Though it's the middle of a weekend, he is asked to urgently investigate the mysterious disappearance of Rafael Morin, a high-level business manager in the Cuban nomenklatura. Conde remembered Morin from their student days: good-looking, brilliant, a "reliable comrade'' who always got what he wanted, including Tamara, the girl Conde was after. But Rafael Morin's exemplary rise from a poor barrio and picture-perfect life hides more than one suspicious episode worthy of investigation. While pursuing the case in a decaying but adored Havana, Conde confronts his lost love for Tamara and the dreams and illusions of his generation.

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