Anopfuura makore makumi maviri apfuura kubva pakatanga kuodzwa mwoyo Mario Conde munyika iyo yakaratidzwa kwatiri mu "Past Perfect". Ichi ndicho chinhu chakanaka pamusoro pemagamba emapepa, vanogona kugara vachisimuka kubva mumadota avo kune mufaro weavo vedu vanozvirega isu tichitakurwa nemaitiro avo akawanda kana mashoma epasi. Ivo havachadi kuti vave magamba, vangori vapukunyuki vanobva kudivi repasi rine hushamwari. Ndizvo chaizvo magumo aMario Conde de Leonard Padura.
Havana, 2016. Chiitiko chenhoroondo chinozunguza Cuba: kushanya kwaBarack Obama mune yave kunzi "Cuban Thaw" ―kushanya kwepamutemo kwemutungamiri weUS kubva 1928―, achiperekedzwa nezviitiko zvakaita sekonzati yeRolling Stones uye Chanel. fashoni show inoshandura mutinhimira wechitsuwa ichi pasi.
Nechikonzero ichi, kana aimbova mutungamiriri wehurumende yeCuba awanikwa akapondwa mumba make, mapurisa, akaremerwa nekushanya kwemutungamiri wenyika, anotendeukira kuna Mario Conde kuti ape ruoko mukuferefeta. Count achaona kuti murume akafa aive nevavengi vazhinji, nekuti munguva yakapfuura akange aita seanoongorora kuitira kuti maartist arege kutsauka kubva kune masirogani eRevolution, uye kuti anga ari murume anodzvinyirira uye ane hutsinye akange apedza basa. yevazhinji maartist avo vaive vasina kuda kupfugamira kupambwa kwake. Kana mutumbi wechipiri wawanikwa, wakauraiwa nenzira imwe chete mazuva mashoma gare gare, Conde anofanira kuona kana kufa kuviri uku kune hukama uye chii chiri kukonzeresa mhondi idzi.
Kuwedzerwa kune iro zano inyaya yakanyorwa neanopikisa, yakagadzwa zana zana apfuura, apo Havana yaive Nice yeCaribbean uye vanhu vaigara vachifunga nezve shanduko yaizoitika iyo Halley's Comet yaizoburitsa. Mhosva yemhondi yevakadzi vaviri muOld Havana inofumura kurwisana pachena pakati pemurume ane simba, Alberto Yarini, akacheneswa uye anobva kumhuri yakanaka, kingpin webhizimisi rokubhejera neupfambi, uye mukwikwidzi wake Lotot, muFrench, uyo anopokanidza ukuru. Kuvandudzwa kwezviitiko zvenhoroondo izvi kuchave kwakabatana nenhoroondo yezvino nenzira isingafungidzirwe kunyange naMario Conde.
