A big, ambitious American novel about young artist in New York and Rome in the mid-1970s. With appeal to fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen and Jeffrey Eugenides. '...one of the most compelling and enjoyable novels I've read this...

FROM THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE MARS ROOMA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTIONFidel and Raul Castro are in the hills, descending only to burn sugarcane plantations and recruit...

Rachel Kushner¿s debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and a New York Times bestseller. Her follow-up novel, The Flamethrowers, was also a finalist for the National Book Award and received rave...