GEORGE
Synopsis

A historical novel about an upper class Cuban family and their friends set between the market crash of 1929 and the New Year´s Eve of 1958.

Was the Island truly cursed accordingly to a legend few knew about it? Through the centuries Isabel's family knew about it and passed on the story of that terrible curse: While a drop of Spanish blood would run through the body of a native of the Island the curse would pervade. This legend is the inspiration for this historical novel about the lavish lifestyle of an imaginary upperclass Cuban family and their friends. The story is set between the 1929 market crash and New Year´s Eve, 1958. It tells about their struggles, uncertainties, love affairs, intrigues and even crimes through a persistent political crisis that became more and more complicated by the passing of the years.

 
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Biography

George H-Freyre was born in a small town called Remedios in the province of Las Villas in 1935 to a Spanish immigrant father and a third generation Creole mother of Lebanese descent. When he was around nine years old his parents moved to Santa Clara the capital of the province where he continued his school years till finally in 1954 he was able to enroll at the University of Habana in the midst of a political chaos. Later on he transferred to the University of Santo Tomas de Villanueva when the public one was closed due to student strikes. During that period, he became involved with a group engaged in anti-goverment activities to overthrow the dictator Batista, as many students and people were doing at that time. Later on, these activities won him a post as a General Attache to open the Cuban Embassy in Manila, Philippines Islands with the Ambassador to the same, Mr. Sergio Perez y Perez. Jorge H-Freyre (His Spanish name) resigned that post eighteen months later, September 28, 1961.

He left the Philippines Islands flying to Tokyo, Japan where after a month he was able to obtain a visa as a political refugee to enter Mexico where he joinned Sergio Perez y Perez. Six months later, he entered USA as a permanent resident, and went to live in San Francisco, CA. Now a retiree, he spends his time between Florida and Malaga. In the Summer of 1993, he began working on his historical novel: "Cuba, A Cursed Paradise"

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