Conceived the night of Che Guevara's burial in 1967, Gabriel McKenzie is
inextricably bound up in the history and politics of his native Chile.
Twenty-four years on, and still a virgin, Gabriel returns from Manhattan
exile to confront his legacy: a Don Juan father and a country preparing
for the five-hundredth anniversary of America's discovery. Into
Gabriel's quest for manhood and identity enter one iceberg, a faithful
if eccentric nanny, and a whole host of fantastical characters.