"Santos-Febres examines questions of sexuality and power . blend[ing] lyrical hyperbole with social observation . in her lush and tragicomic first novel." - - The New York Times Book Review "This impishly sensual novel is an often hilarious anatomy of gender confusion and reminiscent of the classic silent film The Blue Angel . The boy-girl Selena is as sweetly bedazzled as any hero-heroine out of a Shakespearean comedy." -- Kirkus Review "What Puig did to transform the way we think of American film, Santos-Febres has managed for Latin music. Sirena is fantastic! Like Cesaria Evora she'll come to haunt you, like Marc Anthony she'll steal your heart. The Grammys will have to invent a new category -- Best Album of the Year in Fiction.

" --Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for Chocolate and The Law of Love.