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Article: Living La Vida 'Loca'.
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- The Nation
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- September 6, 1999
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EMINENT MARICONES: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me. By Jaime Manrique. Wisconsin. 116 pp. $19.95.
Few Latino writers have challenged homophobia and machismo as fiercely as Jaime Manrique. The Colombian-born, New York City-based novelist, poet and essayist caused a furor in his homeland with his 1978 novella El Cadaver de Papa. The story's protagonist, Santiago, who is loosely based on Manrique himself, murders his hated father, a landowner and member of Colombia's reactionary political elite. Later, disguised in drag, Santiago tries to seduce his drunken, macho father-in-law.
Denounced and acclaimed, El Cadaver became a bestseller in Colombia and made a ...