"Eduardo Santiago Is On Fire " - David Sedaris Midnight Rumba takes you to Cuba before the revolution and spans the years 1940 to 1959, when Fidel Castro came to power. The novel features six main characters, and takes you to Havana, where most of the action takes place, and also Madrid, Paris and Mexico City. Midnight Rumba is the second novel from Eduardo Santiago, the award-winning author of Tomorrow They Will Kiss. Cuba is Mr. Santiago's topic, and no one does it better. For more than a century, the island nation has fascinated Americans and tempted our politicians and our businesses....