"Havana Diary" is the personal reflection of the author on the rebellious island that is just a breath away from the USA. Personal and exploratory at the same time, the book guides us through Castro's Havana, Che's Havana, and Hemingway's Havana, depicting the post-revolutionary era.

The Havana of Fidel Castro's final days in power. The magnificent yet worn-out Havana, the everyday and extravagant Havana of wild music, unbeatable cigars, street artists, night priests, and love, mythical bars, and the new morality of the tourist era passes cinematically, frame by frame, through the pen and camera lens of Justine Fragouli-Argyri.

The author listens to the sounds of the city, captures its architectural beauty, savors the aromas of the Caribbean, portrays the wretchedness of daily life, wanders through the alleys of Havana, converses with Western visitors, deciphers the new order of things in the twilight of Fidel Castro's leadership, a few days before handing over power to his brother Raul.

The book thoroughly refers to the few Greeks in Cuba who wish to return to their homeland one day, simply and without detours. "Because we have the same blood, bonita," as the Greek-Cuban Jose Luis Gikas deeply states with the blue and white restaurant on the eastern coast of Havana.

Personal, experiential, calmly penetrating, "Havana Diary" ultimately represents Justine Fragouli-Argyri's testimony of the historical juncture in Cuba, the emerald sea, and the eternal palm trees.