Adios Muchachos

Written by Daniel Chavarría

Narrated by Ariadna Gaya

Adios Muchachos is a dark, erotic, brutally funny romp through the sexual underworld and black-market boardrooms of post-Cold War Cuba. Seen through Chavarría’s compassionate but uncompromising eyes, present-day Havana is a crossroads for petty hustlers looking for an easy mark, two-time losers looking for a fresh start, and high-rolling international speculators looking to take advantage of them all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Jun 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094418902

Daniel Chavarría

Daniel Chavarría was born in Uruguay in 1933. He spent the 1960s involved in several South American liberation struggles. He fled the continent and settled in Havana, Cuba, where he has resided since 1969. From 1975 to 1986, Chavarría worked as a translator of literature into Spanish, and taught Latin, Greek and Classical Literature at the University of Havana. His novels, short stories, literary journalism, and screenplays have reached audiences across Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Chavarría has won numerous literary awards around the world, including a 1992 Dashiell Hammett Award. Adios Muchachos is his first novel to be translated into English. In 2002, Akashic Books published his mystery novel, The Eye of Cybele, set in ancient Greece.

Reviews for Adios Muchachos

[jellyfishjones · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A salacious, witty, and highly entertaining read.

[ague_3 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Interesting beginning then became more and more boring.

[zmagic69 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not what I was expecting, it was actually a pretty good "mystery" especially how it all worked out, as well as being quite funny.

[lukes_171461 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

"Adios Muchachos" is nothing more or less than a caper. A bicycle hooker in Havana is recruited to perform for a pair of male peeping toms - one is gay and one is bisexual. The sex is steamy and the greed is palpable. Alicia is the highly mercenary sex worker and the scheme that she and Victor (the "bi" peeping tom) cook up on the accidental death of Victor's millionaire boss goes at length awry - an inside man makes off with the $4 million ransom. All ends in the clover when our two scurrilous schemers find their ultimate niches: Alicia kept as a wife of a wealthy older Argentinian, Victor kept as the lover of his boss's hot and distraught widow. A guilty pleasure, I have to say. Venal, saucy, sly - a diverting peek at shady dealings.

[crazybatcow · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Read this on the beach in Florida in March. It was a perfect beach read - light in tone, but not an easy read. Funny, but not in a slap-stick way. Pathetic in some senses, but not depressing.It's a story about people trying to make what they can of their lives. I would not be surprised if it was more realistic than not. There are some twists to the story which are kinda 'sick', but ... overall, it comes across as tongue-in-cheek funny, rather than as perverted.The characters are basically good, and might be doing bad things, but not *very* bad things, and they are only doing them for the right reasons anyway.Overall, a decent read... which might make you think just a little bit.

[perfectleft_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

an absolute gem. funny, poignant, etc. a look at the modern day aspirations of a Cuban opportunist... read it.

[theresa fairbanks harris · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Didn’t like the book or narrator. Didn’t finis the book