BARCEL ON THE ROCKS by Marco Antonio Rodriguez tells the story of the lives of a Dominican family whose lives are turned upside down by the ghosts of the past and the intense needs of the present. After receiving unexpected news, Nino Antonio Cruz, a Dominican man living in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood with his two sons, is forced to confront his mortality and the dark secrets that have plagued his family for generations which are intrinsically tied to the Caribbean island's political history. This publication is a bilingual edition.