Macho Camacho's Beat is a hilarious satirical look at Puerto Rico through the entwined lives of 4 people in San Juan. Their lives are all shaped by a hit song that is constantly on the air, while confronting the social inequality of the 1970s through race, class, gender, and colonial lines. Rabassa's English translation was riveting, yet, the constant puns and post-modern style could be a little tiring at times. However, Macho Camacho's Beat recreates life in the capital quite vividly, bringing to mind the better satire of one of this blogger's favorite authors, Ishmael Reed. This is undeniably hilarious, with tragic undertones for the conditions of women in this Americanized (i.e. cheap) society.
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