Sacrificio
Sacrificio by Ernesto Mestre-Reed, published by Soho Press on September 6, 2022, is a 456-page novel written in English. Set in Cuba in 1998, the narrative follows Rafa, an Afro-Cuban orphan who relocates to Havana and becomes entangled with a group of young HIV-positive counterrevolutionaries. As they plot to overthrow the Castro government during Pope John Paul II’s visit, Rafa’s journey unfolds through various locations in Havana, revealing the complexities of identity, loss, and societal collapse.
Readers will find a vivid exploration of Rafa’s search for his missing friend, Renato, the charismatic leader of the group known as “Los Injected Ones.” The story traverses diverse settings, including an AIDS sanatorium and the outskirts of Havana, where the characters navigate a world marked by violence and desperation. Sacrificio delves into themes of historical and cultural significance, reflecting the struggles of marginalized lives in a society yearning for change.
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Set in Cuba in 1998, Sacrificio is a triumphant and mesmeric work of violence, loss, and identity, following a group of young HIV-positive counterrevolutionaries who seek to overthrow the Castro government.
Cuba, 1998: Rafa, an Afro-Cuban orphan, moves to Havana with nothing to his name and falls into a job at a café. He is soon drawn into a web of ever-shifting entanglements with his boss’s son, the charismatic Renato, leader of the counterrevolutionary group “Los Injected Ones,” which is planning a violent overthrow of the Castro government during Pope John Paul II’s upcoming visit.
When Renato goes missing, Rafa’s search for his friend takes him through various haunts in Havana: from an AIDS sanatorium, to the guest rooms of tourist hotels, to the outskirts of the capital, where he enters a phantasmagorical slum cobbled together from the city’s detritus by Los Injected Ones.
A novel of cascading prose that captures a nation in slow collapse, Sacrificio is a visionary work, capturing the fury, passion, fatalism, and grim humor of young lives lived at the margins of a society they desperately wish to change.
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