Introduction
PART I Exorcizing the National/Revolutionary Subject Chapter 1 With Crystalline Drops of Imperial Jade: David Ruiz Puga's Got seif de Cuin! Chapter 2 Nicaragua as a Novel: Sergio Ramírez's Margarita, está linda la mar Chapter 3 The Detritus of a Revolution in Ruins: Franz Galich's Managua, Salsa City
PART 2 Unreconstructed Masculinity and Fantasmatic Fathers Chapter 4 The Sacrificial Economy and the Question of the Anthropocene in Rodrigo Rey Rosa's "Gracia" Chapter 5 The Boy in the Bubble: Eduardo Halfon's Manaña nunca lo hablamos Chapter 6 Carlos Cortés' Larga noche hacia mi madre: The Labyrinth of the Past
PART III Gendered Bodies and Affects Chapter 7 The Difficulty in Burying the Dead: Claudia Hernández's De fronteras Chapter 8 Love and Sex in Times of Disenchantment: Reading Jacinta Escudos Chapter 9 Chronicle of a Suicide Foretold: Denise Phé-Funchal's Ana sonríe.