Leonardo PaduraLiterary Fiction · Historical Fiction
El hombre que amaba a los perros
Synopsis
In Havana, a struggling writer named Iván meets a mysterious man walking two Russian wolfhounds on the beach, a chance encounter that leads to the revelation of a dark, hidden history. The stranger recounts the life of Ramón Mercader, the man who assassinated Leon Trotsky in Mexico, exposing the brutal machinery of political fanaticism. This narrative connects the exile of a revolutionary icon with the disillusionment of life in post-revolutionary Cuba.
How it reads
Prose complexity 10/10
Content warnings (3)
ViolenceTraumaSuicide