Throughout the course of his three-month, 7,000-mile odyssey through Castro?s Cuba, Christopher Baker?thanks to his attention-getting vehicle?enjoyed instant entrée to a people both deprived of and obsessed by chrome and motorized wheels. Baker?s dazzling narrative introduces readers to a tremendous variety of Cubans in this penetrating and spellbinding travelogue?from tobacco growers and prostitutes to fishermen and impassioned dissidents. Revealing a vivacious people in the throes of a slow and painful transition, Baker takes us through his own gradual but profound change of heart about Castro?s regime. Mi Moto Fidel is a rare work of warmhearted humor and considerable insight that mines the depths of Cuba?s troubled history and politics...and shines an unprecedented light on this stubbornly enigmatic country.