This is a work of fiction. Any references to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other names, characters, and places, and all dialogue and incidents portrayed in this book are the product of the author’s imagination.
BEAUTIFUL MARÍA OF MY SOUL. Copyright © 2010 by Oscar Hijuelos. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of Hyperion e-books.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hijuelos, Oscar.
Beautiful María of my soul / Oscar Hijuelos.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-1-4013-2334-9
1. Musicians—Fiction. 2. Brothers—Fiction. 3. Cuba—Fiction. 4. Musical fiction. I. Title.
PS3558.I376B43 2010
813'.54—dc22
2009035386
FIRST EDITION
EPub Edition © May 2010 ISBN: 978-1-4013-9594-0
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