A review by alliepeduto
Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by E.G. Marshall, Hijuelos

2.0

I will preface this by saying I accidentally listened to the abridged version of the book (I started the audiobook and realized that it was only 3 hours of listening for a 400 page novel...) so I feel like my rating is a bit unfair given I didn’t get the full experience. That being said, what I did get from the story did not make me want to read the actual book. It seemed to ramble on a bit, which is concerning given the edition I had was abridged. I had trouble staying interested in the story, especially when it focused on Cesar since I found him intensely unlikeable. But it did win the Pulitzer in 1990, and it does an excellent job of portraying a perspective that was often overlooked in the 50s and 60s, so I will say it did an excellent job in that respect.