Annelies Eulen Knihy

A vivid and funny first novel about three generations of a Cuban family divided by conflicting loyalties over the Cuban revolution, set in the world of Havana in the 1970s and '80s and in an emigre neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is a story of immense charm about women and politics, women and witchcraft, women and their men.

According to legend, following the death of Napoleon, the general's penis was surgically removed by persons unknown and spirited away. The search for this odd souvenir sets the stage for Vernon's outrageous odyssey through 19th-century Europe and America, as the innocent Peter Doyle chaperones this coveted artifact.