Reviews

Cursed by her over-sized feet and an extraordinary sense of smell, which makes her a world-class Ecological Malodor Detector, perplexed by the disappearance of her beloved Tio Ramon, whose lessons went unheard, confused by her upbringing in Ohio as an immigrant from a little known Caribbean island called Quichemala, Anabela Quintal returns "home" to confront her failures. There, with her best friend, a renowned Santa Fe psychic, Anabela encounters a magic world polluted by the realities of nuclear production, waste cleanup and global capitalism. Here the Fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, dependent on the supernatural powers of a midget shaman, Pirates of Chaos, eco-feminists, mobs of moths, the Smoking Mirror, an anthrolopology professor with a feline alter ego and a biologist who believes water hyacinths are the key to a clean environment.