Sex! There's more sex in this pulitzer prize winning novel than all the other twenty Pulitzers I have read. It's the story of the the Mambo King Cesar and his brother Nestor, Cuban immigrants who were musicians. Think Ricky Ricardo and Babalu! The brothers were actually guest musicians on the "I Love Lucy" show. Of course, all of this is fiction.
Almost zero plot. All character, and a sexual intercourse description every few pages. The best descriptions of sex I have ever read, but that's still a LOT of sex. It's also "stream of consciousness" writing, like some Faulkner, so there will be page long sentences. Time seems of little importance to the author too, so it's seldom a linear story.
But it's not as hard to read and comprehend as it seems. I had no problem keeping track of it all. My biggest complaint is the lack of plot.
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