Rachel Kushner's New York Times bestselling debut novel is a tour de force set in Cuba on the cusp of Castro's revolution, a time of colonial privilege, tropical rot, excess and rebellion.

"A lush, meticulous, cinematic debut novel" Elle "A pure treat from the cover to the very last page" Washington Post "Mutli-layered and absorbing... Kushner's style is sure and sharp, studded with illuminating images... Kushner has fashioned a story that will linger like a whiff of decadent Colony perfume" New York Times Book Review "Fresh and compelling. Kushner takes us to a place and time we've seldom visited before" San Francisco Chronicle "A stunner of a novel... A fluid, eye-opening symphony of a book" Seattle Times