Dirty Havana Trilogy：A Novel in Stories

BannedinCubabutcelebratedthroughouttheSpanish-speakingworld,thispicaresquenovelinstorieschroniclesthemisadventuresofPedroJuan,aformerCubanjournalistlivingfromhandtomouthinthesqualorofcontemporaryHavana,halfdisgustedandhalffascinatedbythedepthstowhichhehassunk.Likethelivesofsomanyofhisneighborsinthecrumbling,once-elegantapartmenthousesthatlineHavana'swaterfront,PedroJuan'sdaysandnightshavebeenreducedbytheso-calledspecialtimes—theharshrecessionthatfollowedtheSovietUnion'scollapse—tothestruggleofsurvivingthedailygritthroughtheescapistpursuitofsex.PedroJuanscrapesbyundertheshadowofhunger—allthewhileobservinghisloversandfriends,strangersonthestreet,andtheirsufferingwithanunsentimental,mocking,yetsympatheticeye.