Managua, Nicaragua (song) chart on February 14, 1947 and lasted 9 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4. The recording by Kay Kyser's orchestra was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 37214. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on March 7, 1947 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart, peaking at #9. Other recordings were made by the Campus Kids and by Edmundo Ros. Managua, Nicaragua was featured in the classic film "The Third Man". Managua, Nicaragua (song) "Managua, Nicaragua" is a popular American jazz song from the 1940s. The music was written by Irving Fields, the lyrics by
In the Heart of the Country the 1977 British version, the 1977 American version which was the same but published under the title "From The Heart Of The Country", and the 1978 South African version. In the South African version the novel's dialogue is in Afrikaans. The novel was awarded the 1977 CNA Prize. Marion Hänsel directed a motion picture adaptation, "Dust," in 1985. In the Heart of the Country In the Heart of the Country (1977) is an early novel by South African-born writer J. M. Coetzee. The book is one of Coetzee's more experimental novels and is narrated through 266 numbered paragraphs rather than