The Fallen by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, translated by Frank Wynne [in Booklist]
18 May, by in Adult Readers, Cuban, Fiction, Mexican, Repost, Translation
*STARRED REVIEW The family is Cuban. The son, 18, is fulfilling his military conscription, enduring mind-numbing sentry duty any way he can until his release. The mother, once a schoolteacher, is housebound with a violently debilitating illness. The father, who manages a four-star tourist hotel, is...