ACROSS FLORIDA STRAITS follows a bastard son of a young Cuban dancer growing up in an all-inclusive Soviet resort on the south of Cuba. His lothario larceny leads to entanglement with trafficking art antiquities and a desperate need to escape Cuba. Matvey's story spans post-revolution life in Cuba through the Special Period, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. His perilous journey ends in the Dry Tortugas National Park with the possibility of...