Esta coleccin de ensayos crticos, en palabras de su compilador, “estropea la nitidez disciplinaria o la correccin moral de tantos relatos bienpensantes y aguacatotes dedicados apenas al inventario de las particularidades identitarias de las islas.” No es la “tendencia dominante” la que gua la exploracin de un posible espacio caribeo, sino las subjetividades singulares, anmalas, imposibles; as como los actos abyectos, inmotivados e increbles. El registro crtico alcanza de los delirios salubristas del doctor Ashley en San Juan de Puerto Rico a las orgas contra-dantescas de Jos Lezama Lima. ~ In the words of its compiler, this collection of critical essays ‘spoils the disciplinary sharpness or moral correctness of so many well intentioned and gullible stories rarely dedicated to making an inventory of the identity idiosyncracies of the islands.’ It is not the ‘dominant trend’ that guides the exploration of a possible Caribbean space, but singular, abnormal, impossible subjectivities; as well as heinous, unjustified and incredible acts. The critical record ranges from Dr. Ashley's sanitised delusions in San Juan, Puerto Rico to the counter-Dantean orgies of Jos Lezama Lima.