ABOUT
THE BOOK

Conceived the night of Che Guevara’s burial in 1967, Gabriel McKenzie is inextricably bound up in the history and politics of his native Chile. Twenty-four years on, and still a virgin, Gabriel returns from Manhattan exile to confront his legacy: a Don Juan father and a country preparing for the 500th anniversary of America’s ‘discovery’. Into Gabriel’s quest for manhood and identity enter one iceberg, a faithful if eccentric nanny and a whole host of fantastical characters.