• The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love captured America’s imagination two decades ago. This special 20th-anniversary edition includes a preview chapter of his new novel, and it is both a celebration of a great author and masterful piece of fiction.  
• The novel explores the American immigrant experience and themes of love, desire, family, ambition, success, and tragedy, and it will connect with readers and move them to laughter, tears, and every emotion in between.

When it was first published in 1989, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love became an international bestselling sensation, winning rave reviews and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.  This new edition reintroduces readers to the memorable Castillo brothers, émigrés from Havana to New York’s Upper West Side. The lovelorn songwriter Nestor and his macho brother Cesar find success in the city’s dance halls and beyond playing the rhythms that earn them their band’s nickname, as they struggle with elusive fame and lost love in a richly sensual tale that has become a cultural touchstone for many and is an enduring favorite.

This 20th-anniversary edition will begin with a new introduction by the author and end with a chapter from Oscar Hijuelos’s upcoming novel, Beautiful Maria of My Soul, the long-awaited story of the eponymous Cuban dancer who broke Nestor Castillo’s heart.