Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780571221615
ISBN: 0571221610
Label: Faber & Faber
Manufacturer: Faber & Faber
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 163
Publication Date: 2005-01
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Studio: Faber & Faber

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Dirty Havana Trilogy was hugely acclaimed for its honest depiction of a Cuban capital characterised by sleaze, sex, poverty and hedonism. In The Insatiable Spiderman we see the return of its anti-hero, who is again prowling the streets of Havana. Pedro Juan's relationship with his wife is in terminal decline. He can no longer face kissing her on the mouth and the trappings of domestic bliss hold no charms for this most restless and predatory of men. Our narrator's interests lie elsewhere: in the infinite possibilities of a chaotic Caribbean city and the many chancers, artists and prostitutes who roam the streets in search of fresh experience. In his inimitably uncompromising and exhilarating style, Pedro Juan Gutierrez again takes the reader on a journey into the underbelly of contemporary Havana - a world of easy sex, hard drinking and humorous anecdote that will be all too recognisable to the Gutierrez connoisseur.

Average Rating:

Rating: - Misses the Cult Status Tag

'Destined to be a cult writer' says the TLS,but 'The Insatiable Spiderman' misses the bus.
Yes, it tells of the seedier side of life in Cuba, but this is mostly Gutierrez talking of his sexual conquests and desires. And like hearing anyone go on and on about their sex life-unless you're an adolescent virgin-it soon becomes tiresome and boring.
Burroughs wrote about drugs,Algren of Division Street Chicago,Wright of Black Chicago and Kerrouac of free living. All cult writers as ... Read More