A review by zoenosis
Havana Noir by Achy Obejas

5.0

This was a big surprise, I absolutely loved this! Every story was at least a bit depraved and/or brutal, but all in very different ways. 'Crime' is much simpler in some stories, like working as a black market beautician, but overall still a lot of murder, rape and gore. Stories I particularly loved were 'The Last Passenger' (Ena Lucía Portela), 'The Scene' (Mylene Fernández Pintado), 'Murder, According to My Mother-in-Law' (Arturo Arango), 'The Dinner' (Carolina García-Aguilera), 'Johnny Ventura’s Seventh Try' (Pablo Medina) and 'Zenzizenzic' (the editor, Achy Obejas) -- though to be honest it is quite hard to pick favourites.