Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 sele idlulile oko kwaqala ukuphoxeka uMario Conde emhlabeni owathi thaca kuthi kwi "Past Perfect". Yinto entle le ngamagorha ephepha, angasoloko ephakama eluthuthwini ayonwabele abo bethu bazivumela ukuba bathathwe yimizila yabo engaphezulu okanye encinci. Akusekho mfuneko yokuba babe ngamagorha, abasindileyo abavela kwicala elingenabuhlobo lehlabathi. Lilo kanye ikamva likaMario Conde de ULeonardo Padura.
I-Havana, 2016. Isiganeko esiyimbali sishukumisa iCuba: utyelelo lukaBarack Obama kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yi "Cuban Thaw" ―utyelelo lokuqala olusemthethweni lukamongameli wase-US ukususela ngo-1928―, ehamba neziganeko ezifana nekonsathi yeRolling Stones kunye neChanel. umboniso wefashoni ujike isingqi sesiqithi sijonge phantsi.
Ngenxa yesi sizathu, xa owayesakuba yinkokeli karhulumente waseCuba efunyenwe ebulewe kwindlu yakhe, amapolisa, ephazamisekile kutyelelo lukamongameli, aphendukela kuMario Conde ukuba afake isandla kuphando. U-Count uya kufumanisa ukuba umntu ofileyo wayeneentshaba ezininzi, kuba kwixesha elidlulileyo wayesebenza njengomgcini-zincwadi ukuze amagcisa angaphambuki kwi-slogans ye-Revolution, kwaye wayeyindoda ekhohlakeleyo nekhohlakeleyo eyayiphelile imisebenzi. amagcisa amaninzi awayengafuni ukuqubuda kuphango lwakhe. Xa umzimba wesibini ufunyenwe, ubulewe ngendlela efanayo kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, uConde kufuneka afumanise ukuba oku kufa kubini kuyazalana kwaye yintoni ebangela oku kubulala.
Ukongezwa kweso siqwenga libali elibhalwe yi-protagonist, ebekwe kwikhulu leminyaka ngaphambili, xa i-Havana yayiyi-Nice yaseCaribbean kwaye abantu babehlala becinga malunga notshintsho olusondeleyo oluza kuvelisa i-Halley's Comet. Ityala lokubulala labasetyhini ababini e-Old Havana lityhila umlo ovulekileyo phakathi kwendoda enamandla, u-Alberto Yarini, osulungekisiweyo kunye nosapho olulungileyo, i-kingpin yokugembula kunye namashishini okuthengisa ngomzimba, kunye nomlingani wakhe uLotot, umFrentshi, ophikisana nobukhulu. Ukuphuhliswa kwezi ziganeko zembali kuya kunxulunyaniswa nembali yangoku ngendlela engakrokreli noMario Conde.
