CUBA

 
Cuba
Hugh Thomas

A detailed, massive tome, but well worth ploughing through

 
Che Guevara: a revolutionary life
Jon Lee Anderson

Excellent, solid biography of rebel and leftwing icon
 
Jose Marti reader
Writings by the father of Cuban independence. Oft quoted by both Fidel Castro and the Miami exiles
 
Gusanos
  
John Sayles

Clever, witty story of Miami exiles and their plans for a Fidel-free Cuba by the independent film director and scriptwriter
 
Cuba and the night
 
Pico Iyer