Descripcion en espanol: Novela ganadora unánime del Premio Italo Calvino, con un entramado de personajes que se tocan, se contaminan, se pierden, sin abandonar nunca el afán de respirar y de existir. Narra la historia de dos homosexuales que roban perros en la Ciudad de La Habana, y esta historia se entrelaza con la de un escritor "fantasma" que entrelaza historias de la ciudad actual.
Description in English: Italo Calvino 2008 Award, this is a novel with a plot very far from a soap opera and very close to urban sordidness. It deals with two homosexuals who in Havana in 2000 steal pedigree dogs, a story that intersects with another no less pathetic: a ghost writer who makes up stories to order so that others sign the result and get the fame.
Description in English: Italo Calvino 2008 Award, this is a novel with a plot very far from a soap opera and very close to urban sordidness. It deals with two homosexuals who in Havana in 2000 steal pedigree dogs, a story that intersects with another no less pathetic: a ghost writer who makes up stories to order so that others sign the result and get the fame.
