Twain And Stanley Enter Paradise

TWAIN AND STANLEY ENTER PARADISE, the impeccably researched final novel from the author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, follows famed 19th century journalist-explorer Henry Stanley, his wife, the painter Dorothy Tennant, and Stanley's long friendship with Mark Twain, as they venture to Cuba in search of Stanley's father. Told through a fictitious manuscript and imagined correspondence between Stanley, Tennant, and Twain, Hijuelos captures not only the general style of educated 19th century, but manages to pull off the seemingly impossible task of channelling Mark Twain himself.

The manuscript--in the works for decades--was found, whole and finished, by Hijuelos's widow after his death.

As a companion to the novel, an ebook will be released of Hijuelos' short story "Another Spaniard in the Works" about a musician who meets John Lennon. In the '60s, Lennon had published a book of humorous writings and drawings called "A Spaniard in the Works" and now Hijuelos brings Lennon to life through music and literature.

“"Oscar Hijuelos, who left us suddenly and far too soon, has been deeply missed by those of us who were his friends-missed both as a friend and as a writer. The friend will not be coming back, but what a miracle that he has given us this last novel-which is a fine and wonderful novel, and surely among the best books Oscar ever wrote."-- Paul Auster”

"A brilliant posthumous capstone."--EW.com
"A magical story."--David Baldacci, CBS Sunday Morning
"An extraordinary feat of imaginative historical re-creation."--Booklist (starred review)
"Beautiful Maria is the Queen of the Mambo Kings! Oscar Hijuelos brings this magnificent character to life in this lyrical novel."--Gay Talese, author of A Writer's Life
"By turns street-smart and lyrica, impassioned and reflective, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a rich and provocative book."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"Enthralling....A life-affirming novel, a worthy successor to Dickens."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"His most powerful book yet....A wonderfully affecting tale."--New York Times
"It is a rollicking adventure tale, bromance, and portrait of two fascinating men who battled their way to prominence during an era defined by yellow fever, the Civil War, and a pioneering American zeal."--O, The Oprah Magazine
"Oscar Hijuelos, who left us suddenly and far too soon, has been deeply missed by those of us who were his friends-missed both as a friend and as a writer. The friend will not be coming back, but what a miracle that he has given us this last novel-which is a fine and wonderful novel, and surely among the best books Oscar ever wrote."--Paul Auster
"So sad that this is our last Hijuelos novel, so fabulous that we have it."--Library Journal (starred review)
"Stunning....A triumph....With an hoesty at its core that seems almost shocking in this day and age."--Boston Globe
"The final masterpiece by the Pulitzer-Prize-winning writer....Twain fans, get ready."--Huffington Post
"The great Oscar Hijuelos lives on in this ambitious, fascinating, and richly detailed work that, like the author, is in a class by itself."--Gay Talese
"This book is good news for Hijuelos fans."--Kirkus
"TWAIN & STANLEY ENTER PARADISE is a natural and delightful extension of Hijuelos' work, and like his earlier books, this one is distinguished by vitality so intense as to give the reader a charge just picking up the book. . . . a voice that is haunting and mesmerizing, and a story that shows just how fantastic and enjoyable Oscar Hijuelos' imagination really was."--Craig Nova, author of The Good Son
"Vividly imagined and detailed epic...How lucky we are to have this rich novel."--Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
"What a wonder to have Oscar Hijuelos return from the celestial beyond with a tale that is thoroughly of this world and firmly anchored in history! TWAIN & STANLEY ENTER PARADISE is a marvelous blend of research and the imagination, resurrecting two fascinating contemporaries-Mark Twain and Henry Morton Stanley-and lending a bygone era the shimmer of here and now."--Marie Arana, author of American Chica, Cellophane, and Bolívar: American Liberator.
Praise for Beautiful Maria of My Soul:
"I fell instantly in love with the glorious soul ofBeautiful Maria of my Soul. Hijuelos has created and brought to life two beloved characters, a heart-stealing heroine and Havana during an epoch of changing life."--Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God's Wife
Praise for Mr. Ives' Christmas:
"The novel is full of suspense...A tale of...goodwill lost and goodwill regained. The deepest and best of Hijuelos's novels."--New York Times Book Review
Praise for The Mambo Kings:

"A rich and sorrowful novel...that alternates crisp narrative with opulent musings--the language of everyday and the language of longing. You finish feeling...ready to throw up your arms and cry, Que bueno es! Mr. Hijuelos is writing music of the heart"--New York Times Book Review

Oscar Hijuelos, the son of Cuban immigrants, was in New York City in 1951. He is a recipient of the Rome Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. His novels - Mambo Kings, Our House in the Last World, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, Mr. Ives' Christmas, Empress of the Splendid Season and A Simple Habana Melody - have been translated into twenty-five languages. He died in 2013

TWAIN AND STANLEY ENTER PARADISE, the impeccably researched final novel from the author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love , follows famed 19th century journalist-explorer Henry Stanley, his wife, the painter Dorothy Tennant, and Stanley's long friendship with Mark Twain, as they venture to Cuba in search of Stanley's father. Told through a fictitious manuscript and imagined correspondence between Stanley, Tennant, and Twain, Hijuelos captures not only the general style of educated 19th century, but manages to pull off the seemingly impossible task of channelling Mark Twain himself. The manuscript--in the works for decades--was found, whole and finished, by Hijuelos's widow after his death. As a companion to the novel, an ebook will be released of Hijuelos' short story "Another Spaniard in the Works" about a musician who meets John Lennon. In the '60s, Lennon had published a book of humorous writings and drawings called "A Spaniard in the Works" and now Hijuelos brings Lennon to life through music and literature.

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