Time slippages, chemically-induced sex changes, man-made disasters, punk music references, goddesses, pandemics, Catholicism, murders, sex, sexual repression, re-birthing, pirates, climate change, indigenous spirituality: this book has it all. It is a complete trip across ages and genders and timelines. Acilde, a tomboy-turned-man / sex-worker / predestined mystical creature is on a mission to save the Caribbean from a chemical weapon leakage by traveling back in time and warning the soon-to-become-dictator about the imminent danger. Her/his story intersects with that of Argenis, a sexist, homophobic art student turned hotline worker turned unemployed turned pirate. So much happens, and so much of what happens doesn't lead anywhere, but somehow it almost works, generating a punk-baroque Caribbean queer extravaganza that remains enjoyable, if a little frustrating.

Incidentally, Rita Indiana is an icon.