An extraordinarily touching collection of short stories, centred around a group of now elderly men and women who have left their native Cuba and are trying to come to terms with a life in exile in Florida. Set in Miami, there are various snapshots of the city . . . like the scenes where the old boys meet to reminisce and tell jokes in Domino Park . . . but in flashback, and in the overall sense of loss and longing, this book speaks first and foremost of Havana