A hypnotic portrayal of a Cuban cigar roller compelled to relive his worst failures – and as a result, he recalls the best part of his life. Paralyzed by a stroke, he is given a taste of mango – which brings memories flooding back of his life in Havana. Once an imperious patriarch of enormous appetites, he now confronts the long-buried facts of his previously unexamined life. "Searing, bitterly humorous."—Booklist