From the Publisher
A compelling work by author Jorge Luis Seco! Jorge Luis Seco, a Cuban born author who now lives in New Jersey, tells a moving tale of desire's forced beneath the surface because of family, religion and inner fear. His moving coming out story of Jose Lopez, a young up and coming attorney, takes the reader through a world perhaps all too familiar to many gay people, but one that captivates the reader through fascinating characters and superb story telling. Seco studied at the University of Havana, Cuba before being granted permission to leave the country as an accused homosexual. Finally able to leave Cuba, he lived in Spain before relocating to the United States. His story of Jose Lopez in many ways tells his own story though he sets his novel in fiction. Forced to live with a dominating woman believed to be his mother, Jose is blessed to have a sympathetic sister in Margot, who is able to see the Jose beneath the surface. When Jose is asked to take on the case o! f a young man, Tom, falsely accused of drug trafficing, it is Margot who at once sees the love and affection Jose feels for Tom, even before he can recognize it for himself. When through his close friends Bob and Rene, Jose begins to socialize within the gay world, he is amazed to see many of his long held and religious based perceptions shattered. As he slowly realizes that two men can share meaningful, loving relationships, it is Margot who helps lead him through the journey with sisterly love and concern.
About the Author
On the 9th of June 1949, Jorge Luis Seco was born in Havana, Cuba. He studied in the University of Havana before being granted permission to travel to Spain in 1979. He resided in Spain, the country of his paternal grandparents, for a year before traveling to the U.S. and taking permanent residency.
In 1995 he was recognized in Spain by the Circulo de Escritores y Poetas Ibero-americano (CEPI) for his work in poetry. In 1996 he published his first novel, Donde Tu Eres Mi Sol. The novel received wide acclaim in both Spain and Mexico as well as with U.S. Spanish press. It wasn't until 1998 that it was published in English as The Only Sun I Need. Jorge Luis Seco is currently working on his much anticipated second novel due in the fall of 1999.
