A "darkly hilarious" (Elle) novel about a fictionalized Fidel Castro and
an octogenarian Cuban exile obsessed with seeking revenge by the
National Book Award finalist Cristina García, this "clever,
well-conceived dual portrait shows what connects and divides Cubans
inside and outside of the island" (Kirkus Reviews).Vivid and teeming
with life, King of Cuba transports readers to Cuba and Miami, and into
the heads of two larger-than-life men: a fictionalized Fidel Castro and
an octogenarian Cuban exile obsessed with seeking revenge against the
dictator. García's masterful twinning of these characters combines with
a rabble of other Cuban voices to portray the passions and realities of
two Cubas--on the island and off-- in a pulsating story that entertains
and illuminates.