In his critically acclaimed epic first novel, Jay Cantor, author of Krazy Kat and Great Neck , draws on history, myth, and his own prodigious imagination to take on the life and death of revolutionary icon Che Guevara.

In his now famous progress through modern times, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the scion of a liberal Argentine family, abandoned a medical career to become a revolutionary. A fiery comrade of Fidel Castro’s who joined him in overthrowing the Cuban government of Baptista, Che later broke with Castro to lead a guerrilla movement in Bolivia. As the novel charts Che’s bold evolution, it also offers an incisive look at Latin America’s revolutionary struggles, an exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, and a brilliant exegesis of the psychology of radical activisim.

杰伊·坎特(Jay Cantor)1948年出生于美国纽约。1960年代，就读于哈佛大学哈佛商学院，是人权运动和反越战运动的积极分子。其后在加利福尼亚大学学习，师从诺尔曼·布朗和赫伯特·马尔库塞。先任教于塔夫茨大学。

杰伊·坎特的另外两部小说师《大颈区》(Great Neck)和《疯子猫》(Krazy Kat)。此外还出版有两本文集：《中间地带：文学和政治》(The Space Between:Literature and Politics)和《论创造自己的母亲》(On Giving Birth to One's Own Mother)。杰伊·坎特师1989年麦克阿瑟奖(MacArthur Prize Fellowship)得主。