Many of Tentacle's characters are reincarnations of earlier lives and linked to those lives. Her literary tricks come from the oral traditions of voodoo and Santeria. When the denouement comes it is brutal and irresistibly attractive.'Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau -`Merengue star Indiana knows how to get things dancing. The characters achieve that the author never intrudes between them and us. Tentacle is a kind of pulp fiction for educated classes, a wild but carefully conceived combination of sci-fi adventure, art-world-cum-hipster-satire, eco- and socially-aware thriller, with a work of Caribbean studies breaking in from the side. So fast-paced that it must be swallowed whole, for setting it aside is as dangerous as jumping from a speeding motorcycle.' El Pais on Papi - `Rita Indiana is unclassifiable. She's one of those rare artists whose music you can either dance to or sit down and listen to as if it were a great novel.' Alt.Latino, NPR.org`Reads like an extended song. Not only is she one of the most exciting Dominican authors in recent years, she is also a musical force to be reckoned with. `Rita Indiana is fearless and brilliant and Tentacle is her finest novel, an unforgettable experience.' Junot Diaz'Indiana is truly a renaissance woman.
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