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en-wikipedia-org-1855		The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1450	164	82	The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Wikipedia The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love First edition cover The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a 1989 novel by Oscar Hijuelos. Events and characters whirl through Cesar's mind, evoking what he has lost over the years: his brother and collaborator, Nestor, who spent his adult life constantly rewriting one song about a lost love; the many lovers who gave themselves up to him as he rose triumphantly through the mambo music craze of the early 1950s; and the way of life that disappeared for all Cubans after that country was overthrown by an insurrection led by Fidel Castro in 1959. The novel develops one of Hijuelos' most common themes: how immigrants adjust to coming to the United States and how they see themselves in relation to their new culture in contrast to the culture of their birth. Photos of the first edition of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos (1990)	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1855.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1855.txt