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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Written by INVERNA LOCKPEZ Art by DEAN HASPIEL Cover by DEAN HASPIEL From the moment Fidel Castro captures Havana in 1959 17-year-old Sonya believes in the promise of the Cuban Revolution. A medical student who dreams of becoming a painter she joins the militia and finds herself caught between idealism and ideology. As a volunteer medic at the Bay of Pigs she?s imprisoned and tortured by her own comrades. Physically and emotionally scarred upon returning home Sonya searches for fulfillment in art. But when she realizes that none of her efforts by gun or brush fall in line with Castro?s regime Sonya must make agonizing choices between her family her lover and her beloved country. This graphic novel is inspired by the true experiences of first-time author and Havana-born artist Inverna Lockpez with stunning art by the Eisner-nominated Dean Haspiel (THE ALCOHOLIC THE QUITTER AMERICAN SPLENDOR) in a lush red-and-black palette created by colorist Jos? Villarrubia.