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The Nanny and the Iceberg

by Ariel Dorfman

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Conceived the night of Che Guevara’s burial in 1967, Gabriel McKenzie is inextricably bound up in the history and politics of his native Chile. Twenty-four years on, and still a virgin, Gabriel returns from Manhattan exile to confront his legacy: a Don Juan father and a country preparing for the five-hundredth anniversary of America’s "discovery." Into Gabriel’s quest for manhood and identity enter one iceberg, a faithful if eccentric nanny, and a whole host of fantastical characters.

FictionSuicidal behaviorFathers and sonsYoung menExilesSex customsMenSexual behaviorFiction, generalFathers and sons, fictionChile, fictionWagers