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"On the outskirts of the quiet resort community of Caracol Beach, its unlikeliest - and perhaps most dangerous - resident plots his own demise. A Cuban veteran of the war in Angola, the sole survivor of an ambush that killed off the rest of his platoon, Beto Milanes has for eighteen years been racked with guilt and grief and tormented by terrible visions. Determined to end his suffering but unable to take his own life, he sets out to find someone who will do it for him. So begins a night of madness, violence, and, ultimately, redemption. Drawn into the soldier's nightmare world are an…
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3 editions · 2 languages- Other · English · 2001Vintage · 304 pages · 9780375705069
- Other · English · 2000Alfred Knopf · 286 pages · 9780375405402
- Other · Spanish · 1998Alfaguara · 365 pages · 9788420483702
Angola Civil War, 1975-2002Cuban AmericansCuban ParticipationFictionHistoryFiction, generalNew York Times reviewed