story of renaldo arenas life and a cuban writer life during the revolutionary period in cuba . subtitle in part and it be somewhat lengthy and and depress . renaldo be gay as well and which i do not know go in and so some male gay love scene weren not exactly what i have hop for . he make it to america during the 1980 boatlift and but promptly dy of aid a few year later . i think the book would have be well . d plus .