Leopard in the sun1999

"Leopard in the Sun is an operatic Latin tragedy, complete with chorus of local gossips and popular legend. It begins with a fight over a woman, when Nando Barragan kills his best friend and cousin Adriano Monsalve in a passionate, drunken delirium. As a result, the wise family patriarch separates the two families forever - the Barragans will hold sway over the city; the Monsalves the port.

Each year, on the day known as the zeta, and only on that day, they will have the opportunity to avenge the previous year's deaths - and each year, the women are not yet out of their black mourning when a new round of deaths occurs."--BOOK JACKET.

"Nando Barragan sticks to the old way, leading his clan to ever-greater wealth, while living the simple peasant life in the village, womanizing far and...