'Portuguese author João Cerqueira [...] happens to be one of the more clever and creative humorists writing today.'
http://www.literaryaficionado.com/2014/01/the-tragedy-of-fidel-castro.html
http://www.amazon.com/Tragedy-Fidel-Castro-Joao-Cerqueira/dp/1938416163/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
and
an interview in BlogCritics and also published in Seattle PI
http://blogcritics.org/interview-with-joao-cerqueira-author-of-the-tragedy-of-fidel-castro/
Autumn 1940. Germany invades Britain. Newport is blitzed. Danny OSheas house is bombed, his wife is killed. While taking his young son Adam to neutral Ireland, they witness an attack on a German convoy. The result is brutal.
A novel about a family during World War II, set on the homefront in Springield, Mass., and in the South Pacific. The book focuses on four characters and how their lives were affected and changed during the war years.