Three Trapped Tigers

Oscar Hijuelos For me as a writer, this book is one of the first Cuban novels I have read that had an explosive and musical energy, which I found irresistible. I think that Mario Vargas Llosa has demonstrated that same kind of explosive energy in novels like Conversation in the Cathedral, with words populating the pages in the same way that vegetation takes over a forest. But few other writers can approach Infante in his verbal intensity and sense of rhythm. In his case, the words he used were vernacular and very contemporary. His language transports you to Cuba. (Source)