La rumba de Lázaro

"La rumba de Lazaro, a novel originally written in English, through which the Cuban author Ernesto Mestre became known in the United States in 1999, belongs to the best branch of the very rich literary tradition of the Caribbean island. The great Baroque plot, the magic of the unforgettable characters, and the unstoppable rhythm of some scenes where all types of sensuality become possible, make it one of the most ambitious contemporary works in the genre of the novel. Both provocative and boundless, this tragic epic gathers three generations from the recent history of Cuba and shows, in every page, the corrosive humor and the note of nostalgia characteristic of the best Cuban tradition.