Macho Camacho’s Beat (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Luis Rafael Sánchez
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: The early 1970’s
- Setting: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Principal Characters: The Heathen Chinky (The Mother), Senator Vincente Reinosa (The Old Man), Graciela Alcántara y López de Montefrío, Benny, Doña Chon, The Kid
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: 1970’s, Class conflict, Biracial people, Music or musicians, Prostitution or prostitutes, Politicians, Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans
- Locales: San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Novel
Macho Camacho’s Beat is a fictional portrait of life in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at a time when the country is inundated with the sound of Macho Camacho’s guaracha, or dance tune, “Life Is a Phenomenal Thing.” Framed by a notice that reveals the subject of the novel and an appendix that provides the reader with the entire text of the guaracha, Macho Camacho’s Beat is a montage of fragmented narrative sections interrupted by a series of radio announcements that track the meteoric rise in popularity of the rhythmical and irrepressible...
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