Macho Camacho's Beat
Originally published in English in 1980, S nchez's comic novel  is told in snippets as it follows the lives of several  inhabitants of San Juan, Puerto Rico: a crooked senator, his  mistress, and his idiot child; the senator's wife; and a son in  love with his car. The text is presented as verbal wordplay  replete with advertising slogans, puns, and pop culture  references, which the author uses to show the influence a large  country (the United States) can have on a small one (Puerto  Rico) and how a fad in one can alter the culture of the other.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.