Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Coming to a bookstore near you August 2009

Here is the book cover for my third novel, Beantown Cubans, which will be published next summer.
The book follows the adventures of two good Cuban friends in Boston (yes, it could happen.)
I am always impressed how my publisher's designer Kristine Mills-Noble captures the spirit of my books with her artistic cover illustrations. So far, I've been happy with each of her visual intepretations for my novels.

This book is a sequel of sorts to Boston Boys Club but with a new narrrator named Carlos, a Cuban teacher from Miami who moves to Boston to start over after the loss of a parent. He has some help from new amigo Tommy Perez (from Boston Boys Club), another Miami native who's now a reporter at a Boston newspaper. Like Carlos, Tommy yearned for something more than Miami's endless summers, liquor-fueled nights at South Beach bars and South Florida's daily supply of gruesome news stories.
Tommy takes Carlos under his wing and shows him where to find good Cuban food and how to break into the city's clannish and lily-white gay scene as he discovers lust, love and a newfound independence over the course of one unforgettable year.

What do you think of the cover? Also, I don't know who the guys on the cover are. They are models.
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  1. AnonymousDecember 10, 2008 at 2:05 AM

    The cover looks great! I can't wait to read "Beantown Cubans".

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  2. AnonymousDecember 10, 2008 at 3:07 PM

    I like the character names and the cover art. I can't wait to get my autographed copy!!!

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  3. Bessie KingDecember 10, 2008 at 3:23 PM

    I just love that you're making things happen and they go over so wel! Congrats Johnny!

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  4. AnonymousDecember 10, 2008 at 3:56 PM

    The cover looks great! I can't wait to read it!!!

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  5. Johnny DiazDecember 10, 2008 at 4:59 PM

    Thanks everyone! I'm pretty happy with the look of the book.

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  6. WillJanuary 2, 2009 at 8:53 AM

    A wonderful, happy, healthy 2009 to you, Johnny! And congratulations on he third novel.

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  7. Kenneth M. WalshJanuary 5, 2009 at 7:33 PM

    Looks great!

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  8. AnonymousMarch 20, 2009 at 11:57 AM

    Looks awsome! I hope Mickey from your first novel makes an appearance as well, I loved Tommy and him together!

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  9. ricksterJune 25, 2009 at 10:32 AM

    already have an advanced copy of "beantown cubans" (bought it in Ptown)...worth the wait have the other 2 books by johnny.....great job!

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  10. Johnny DiazJune 25, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    thanks Rickster. I guess the book is already trickling out there

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  11. ricksterJuly 8, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    hey johnny...just finished "beantown cubnas" (yeah i got it in Ptown, advance copy) another home run buddy......thanks rich

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  12. Johnny DiazJuly 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    thanks Rickster. You were one of the early birds to get the book. I'm still waiting for my own copies. :-P

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