Not a particularly gripping read, but an entertaining account of his attempt to trace and discover something of his family's past. The sections where he traces down a branch of his family in Cuba is quite interesting.
From this book, you get a sense of how quickly the particular is forgotten or mythologized, and how quickly the world changes, wiping out all traces of the past. Kind of like looking down at your life from the moon - hardly visible, and of no importance.
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