Requiem habanero por Fidel

Walter Cepeda is a veteran of the Revolution. One day he gets a call from his daughter in Barcelona, telling him that Fidel Castro has died, and the news unleashes a flood of memories. The old taxi driver and former colonel weighs his own and others’ dreams and failures while the rumors of Fidel’s death are amplified in a suffocating atmosphere. Ironic and intelligent, J. J. Armas Marcelo’s new novel is part of the Spanish satiric tradition, offering a story that goes well beyond political disputes.