José Latour

José Latour (born April 24, 1940 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban crime fiction writer.

[1][2] His first three novels (Preludio a la Noche, Medianoche Enemiga and Fauna Noctura), set in pre-revolutionary Havana, were published in 1982, 1986 and 1989.

Based on a real-life case of corruption in the ministries of the Interior and the Armed Forces, the book was considered counterrevolutionary and its author labeled an "enemy of the people."

His first novel in that language, Outcast, was published in the U.S., Japan, five Western European countries and Brazil.

Seeking creative freedom and fearing dictatorial repression, the author and his family moved to Spain in August 2002 and to Canada in September 2004; as of 2014, they reside in Toronto.