My associate Fidel Castro

Fidel turns to me again: - Why did you come to Cuba? - I answer in an obvious tone, almost smiling, and Fidel does the same: - I''m delighted that you''ve come to make money, so that I can make more than you! This reflection also reveals to me the state of mind that reigns in Cuba: history, business, power, love, politics, revolution... These are just some of the ingredients of this Cuban adventure, a veritable tour de force by a French entrepreneur in Havana. It''s the unique journey of a pioneer who, in order to create a chain of French bakeries in Cuba, is forced to make Fidel Castro his “partner”. It''s a plunge into the paradoxical daily life of the Cuban people, who sway between laughter and despair, passion and nonchalance. We meet François Mitterrand, Lionel Jospin, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the singer Mireille Mathieu, the Olympic boxing champion Félix Savon, Gérard Bourgoin, the Castro brothers and many other heroes of a revolution that never stops dying, and we breathe the air of Havana, saturated with humid heat and sensuality. It''s a true economic-political thriller. And the most astonishing thing of all is that everything it tells is real!