Ariel Dorfman

The Nanny and the Iceberg: a Novel Ariel Dorfman

Conceived the night of Che Guevara?s burial in 1967, Gabriel McKenzie is inextricably bound up in the history and politics of his native Chile. Twenty-four years on, and still a virgin, Gabriel returns from Manhattan exile to confront his legacy: a Don Juan father and a country preparing for the five-hundredth anniversary of America?s "discovery." Into Gabriel?s quest for manhood and identity enter one iceberg, a faithful if eccentric nanny, and a whole host of fantastical characters.