Havana. 1993 Cuba is in the midst of a “special period,” a widespread economic crisis that arose after the collapse of the USSR. Empty store shelves, power outages and unemployment are commonplace. Julia, a math teacher, believes that by finding a document proving that the telephone was invented not by Alexander Graham Bell, but by Antonio Meucci in Havana, she can change her life. Together with a group of like-minded people driven by a quixotic goal, Julia will have to understand the tangled family history during a period of national despair in Cuba. “Havana, Year of Zero” is a passionate and ironic novel, generously flavored with Cuban flavor, which tells the story of the fate of people trying to survive in an era of change , skillfully weaves into an exciting detective investigation.