De pronto el doctor Leal

De pronto el doctor Leal / All of a Sudden, Doctor Leal

Novel , 2008

Icaria

“What happened to your life, Otto Leal?” he wondered. Samuelito had died under baffling circumstances. In Uppsala, every morning a stranger would wish his sons good morning, and then take them to school. And he, he had just been treated like an international criminal by his country’s authorities.”

One bad thing after another. When it rains, it pours, they say. Otto Leal couldn’t agree more.

Doctor Leal is a Cuban-born surgeon with American citizenship who lives and works in Sweden. One day, his fate takes a cruel turn. Still recovering from a traumatic divorce, he must return to Cuba because his younger brother has met a strange end. But the American secret service suspect he has other reasons for his trip and make his life impossible. Once he arrives, he finds his mother in a sorry state and his older brother involved in mob dealings, neither of which exactly contribute to his enjoyment of a lovely Caribbean vacation. Only in Milena, his brother’s Colombian ex-lover, does he find any comfort.