false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg 294081 17 14081 book 1989 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love total:819|5:162|4:299|3:242|2:74|1:42| 819 2922 1217 120 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 1 3 false Fri May 04 10:55:17 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 18:54:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 5 4 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Jun 27 19:57:09 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 20:28:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11669 0060845309 9780060845308 85 14 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485424m/11669.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11669.Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love_The_tie_in_A_Novel 1 1 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri May 25 15:53:42 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 18:15:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 3 1 false Fri May 09 13:14:52 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 28 22:23:58 -0800 2008 Fri May 09 13:14:52 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 3 0 false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 01:59:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 02:25:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 3 0 false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 03:28:55 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 00:26:01 -0800 2009
About 40% of this is really really bad, and monotonous to read. That includes all of the sex scenes (which make up about 30% of the book), and the narrator's really weird and disturbing fixation ...more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 3 1 false Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 13:27:49 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 11:20:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 3 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Wed Jan 28 13:26:20 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 13:30:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1276880 0374201250 9780374201258 11 4 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1246714166m/1276880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1276880.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 4 0 false Fri Jul 31 16:34:11 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:38:07 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 1 1 false Mon Jun 09 08:53:18 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 08:55:42 -0700 2008
If you like to read horrible books that won big prizes (Pulitzer), read this one.]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 05:23:27 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 05:27:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 2 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun May 24 11:04:10 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 11:12:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 500036 0060955457 9780060955458 35 4 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175279101m/500036.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/500036.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 3 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Tue May 29 06:31:12 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 06:33:17 -0700 2007 11669 0060845309 9780060845308 85 14 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485424m/11669.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11669.Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love_The_tie_in_A_Novel 2 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 05:39:16 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 18:37:20 -0700 2009
Why did this book win a Pulitizer?

Where is the line between art and porn?

I had high expectations for this book. I wanted to feel the music, to smell the food, to enjoy the parties with the family, to read about the dance clubs, to be dazz...more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:03:39 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:19:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 4 0 true Sat Aug 02 07:33:29 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 07:33:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 3 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 31 11:10:50 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 02 10:59:06 -0700 2008
Okay, finally re-read/finished it. So it wasn't "sexist". It was just saucy--so saucy that I was p...more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 4 1 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Nov 10 11:12:55 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 10 11:12:55 -0800 2007
This is a good novel to pick up when you need something you can seek your teeth into (damn!), or maybe more accurately, if you want something that'll sink its teeth into you. This book isn't much w...more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 08:21:29 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 13:51:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 294081 0140143912 9780140143911 645 91 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173470089m/294081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294081.The_Mambo_Kings_Play_Songs_of_Love 2 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 08:34:14 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 08:41:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=294081