Sharing a hot night with a giant hammerhead shark; marching to protest the Dictator Batista; leading classmates to safety through the smoke and terror of a bomb, the world Liana Fernandez de Castro grew up in was violent and often terrifying, but this daughter of a distinguished old Spanish-Cuban family still found time to recognize, value and delineate a whole gallery of characters who vary from fascinating to uproarious. Praxedes, the charming entrepreneur who stood the fable of the ant and the grasshopper on its head; Elena, the sullen Galician who returned evil for good, undone by the very revolution she had envisioned; Roberta, psychopathic and madly entertaining daughter of a dreaded official in the Police Force; Caco, guardian and pillar of her childhood, bravely denying the possibility of age or infirmity; Giny, angelic friend caught in a tragic web woven by a scoundrel who hid behind the facade of the revolution; a great skipper coaxing a beloved boat through a hurricane;...

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