Description: Taking the reader from the 9-11 tragedy in New York City to the political dungeons in Cuba to the vineyards of Santa Barbara, Novas weaves santeria; gender, transgender, and sexuality politics; and the resistance movement in contemporary Cuba. Novas spins an intense story of desire and intrigue, forging the lives of Roberto Lobo and his sister, Victoria; Ideliza Mercado and her son, Bembe; and Cooper, a mysterious stranger who is more involved in their stories than they may guess. A corral of unique characters populate this rhapsodic, magically real tour de force: a hydrocephalic child with uncanny spiritual powers, a doctor whose greed precipitates a descent into his worst nightmares, a grieving poet struggling to regain her muse, and a man who fights to survive torture and the neglect of his family.

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