Alfredo Conde (1945) is one of the greatest Galician writers, winner of prestigious literary awards, and a famous cultural figure in Spain. Conde's work is already familiar to the Russian reader, who appreciated his novels "The Griffin", "Noa and Her Memory", "The Wolf Man", "Cobalt Blue" and others. The hero of the new book by A. Conde is a mulatto, born in Cuba, the fruit the passionate love of a dancer of the famous Tropicana cabaret and a Galician adventurer who, under the influence of a romantic impulse, comes to the revolutionary island to participate in the construction of a new society, but quickly becomes disillusioned with the ideas of the Cuban revolution and returns to Spain. His son Esteban is left to be raised by his grandmother from the Lucumi family, who had a strong influence on the formation of the boy’s character. In the eighties, the young man, among the promising young party members, was sent to study in the Soviet Union, at the Patrice Lumumba University...