A mosaic of stories that build an admirable novel about the circular nature of fate and the ability of the past to come knocking at our door when we least expect it.

In Puerto Negro, capital of the island of St. Kitts, everyone knows Santiago Cardamomo, a charming scoundrel who works as a stevedore, has half a world of friends and loves women, preferably ugly, rarely spending the night alone. His success with the opposite sex fills those less fortunate with envy, above all the stunted Rolindo Face, who has long fueled hope for love with Ducélia Trajero - the butcher boss's daughter guarded like a treasure. But lo and behold, the day that he was rehearsing his request for her hand, he witnesses un unforgiveable sin that will eventually change the life of many of the inhabitants.
These will include his own mother; a fugitive from justice who lives a hidden love to forget the past; Cuménia Salles, the owner of Chalet l'Amour, the most famous bordello in the city; or Chalila Boe, a foppish mulatto who loses himself in the port, looking for love in the deserted early hours of the day.
(432 pp.)

NORBERTO MORAIS was born in the Black Forest, Germany in 1975 and moved to Portugal at the
age of six. He graduated in Psychology (ISPA) and he was a volunteer in the Portuguese Victim Support
Association. He has been the lead singer, lyricist and composer in a band. In 2002, when he was ready to be either a musician or a psychologist, he realized that, for better or worse, he was sentenced to write for the rest of his life. He published his first novel, “Vicios de Amor” (Love Addiction) in 2008 with Oficina do Livro and currently lives in Paris.

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