Flesh Wounds and Purple Flowers: The Cha-Cha Years

by Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco

Nominated for a Commonwealth Writers Prize, this extravagant and tragicomic novel is told in the musical lilt of Spanglish. Camilo, a strong-willed queen from Chile, tells his story as he lays dying in his hospital bed, recalling a life of sequins and disco. "Realistic, stream-of-consciousness style."— Time Out (London)

175 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002