The Secret Life of Fidel Castro by Juan Reinaldo Sanchez, former Castro security agent and the only one to leave Cuba. The legend of Castro as a great revolutionary who sacrifices for his people is preserved by keeping the details about his life a state secret. Sánchez’s account shows the real Castro: vengeful, self-absorbed and given to childish temper tantrums—aka “tropical storms.” Married first to the upper-middle-class Mirta Díaz-Balart and then to the teacher Dalia Soto del Valle, he cheated on the first with the very beautiful Havanan Natalia Revuelta and on the second with “comrade” Celia Sanchez, his private secretary, confidante and guard dog for 30 or so years.Other mistresses must be added to the tally: Juana Vera, a k a Juanita, his official English-speaking interpreter and intelligence-service colonel; Gladys, the Cuban airline flight attendant who was present on foreign trips; and Pilar, a k a Pili, another interpreter, this time French-speaking.