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Set at the contact zones between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this is a polyphonic novel, an intense and sometimes funny pharmacopeia of love lost and humanity regained; a most original combination of Caribbean noir and science-fiction addressing issues of global relevance including novel takes on ecological/apocalyptical imbalance bound to make an impact.A Caribbean zombie - smart, gentlemanly, financially independent, and a top executive at an important pharmaceutical company - becomes obsessed with finding the formula that would reverse his condition and allow him to become "a real person." In the process, three of his closest collaborators (cerebral and calculating Isadore, wide-eyed and sentimental Mathilde, and rambunctious Patricia) , guide the reluctant and baffled scientist through the unpredictable intersections of love, passion, empathy, and humanity.
About the Author
Pedro Cabiya es escritor, poeta y cineasta. Autor de los libros de cuentos Historias tremendas (Isla Negra 1999) , Historias atroces (Isla Negra 2003) , y las novelas La cabeza (Isla Negra 2005) ,Trance (Editorial Norma 2007) , Saga de Sandulce (Editorial Norma 2009) , Malas hierbas (Zemi Book 2011) y María V. (Zemí Book 2013) ; todos han adquirido estatus de culto. Ha publicado los poemarios Crazy X-Ray Boomerang Girl (Evil Ministries Press 2013) , Phantograms (Evil Ministries Press 2013) y Rayos XXX (Zemí Book 2013) . Ha participado en numerosas antologías como La Cervantíada, Manual de Fin de Siglo, El arca, Literatura puertorriqueña del siglo XX, En el ojo del huracán y otros. Se ha destacado también por su cultivo de la novela gráfica con títulos duros como Ánima Sola, Juanita Morel, Obelenkó y Justin Time. Ha vivido en España, Estados Unidos, Haití y Puerto Rico. Actualmente vive en Santo Domingo.
