Armand Assante is the fiery brother, Antonio Banderas the sensitive one, Maruschka Detmers a book-reading beauty, and Cathy Moriarty a slangy, sexy cigarette gal.

NEWYORKER: The Mambo Kings

Like Orwell, Mr. Ferguson was a sworn enemy of the pretentious, and he wrote in a casual, slangy "spoken" style well suited to his preferred topics.

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