About the Book

How to justify the madness that takes hold from Raspado de Coco to Agua Dulce, when Jura, Carlo Cristiano’s dog, is rescued by the Coast Guard and ends up in the hands of the boys from Übertown?

Yes, it was a foreseeable tragedy, given South Florida’s isolated evolution. Decades of benevolent Yankee neglect and liberal pandering have fostered a new man—one inclined to double speak, to waving “commie” flags on cue and to patting himself on the back for “draining this swamp” and making it look like Madruga. Mucha muela, since most of these abuelos are fossil evidence of just one thing: a State of the Union imperiled.

Of course, it’s even worse for Jura’s masters in Madruga. Carlo’s been attacked by crazed Caleros, and Sophia’s been kidnapped from Sabana airport. It’s obvious now; they’re in Alex Tenedor’s murderous clutches and as usual, Madruga’s Führer is conjuring a monstrous scheme and intending for “Act 2” to play out in South Florida.

This diverting novel of political satire from Cuban-American attorney Iris Optaciana offers an incisive commentary on life and death in Communist Madruga, as Carlo follows the trail of his missing canine companion from the bloody slaughterhouses of the Caribbean island nation and unto Miami’s misnamed streets.