<P>With a 1958 portable typewriter in his suitcase the writer wanders Havana's crumbling back alleys bullet-sprayed museums and grand hotels where the relics of the Revolution and the ghost of Hemingway still speak loudly.<P>When his typewriter breaks in transit the writer is forced to reconsider his writing holiday and put his novel on hold until a new story emerges from the vibrancy and history in the Old City - Habana Vieja. Recipient of a 2016 Eric Hoffer Award for nonfiction <I>The Havana Papers</i> reveals a complex contemporary portrait of one of the world's great historic cities.<P>An Author's Republic audio production.