Los Gusanos (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Sayles
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Plot: Political realism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Miami, Florida
- Principal Characters: Scipio de la Pena, Marta de la Pena, Blas de la Pena, Ambrosio de la Pena, Felix de la Pena, Guillermo Nuñez (El Halcón), Luz, Serafín, Rufo, Narciso Villas, Walt, Dewey, Roosevelt, Duckworth, Rivkin, Padre Martín
- Genres: Long fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Politics, Exile or expatriates, 1980’s, Florida, Cuba or Cubans
- Locales: Miami, FL
The Novel
Los Gusanos takes place primarily in the 1980’s, though the narrative frequently flashes back to the 1960’s and to events surrounding the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. The novel centers on a family of Cuban exiles and on the attempts of one member of that family to organize another invasion of Cuba to strike at least a symbolic blow at the object of their personal and political hatred, Fidel Castro. The novel is narrated in the third person, but it includes sections of one character’s journal and the recorded imaginings of another. The narration shifts...
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