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Works by
Carlos T. Mock, M.D.
(Writer)
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Cuba Libe: "Mentirita" (In progress,
2008 release)
History of Cuba from the Santeria's point of view.
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Papi Chulo: A Legend, A Novel and the Puerto Rican Identity (2007)
-- Nominated, 2007 Lambda Literary Award for Male Fiction
Author's story of Puerto Rico through the eyes
of his grandmother, mother, and aunt. How the inaction of both leading
political parties is turning our countrymen into stone as we lose our
identities.
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The Mosaic Virus (2006)
-- Nominated 2007 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery
It is 1983. In Rome, Cardinal Siri, the most
powerful Cardinal in the Vatican, summons a young Jesuit priest and
assigns him a grave and urgent task. The Vatican has been keeping
secret an epidemic of deaths among priests in the northeastern United
States. Father Javier Barraza must determine how and why they are
dying-and whether a suspected international conspiracy against the
Holy Roman Church is coming to fruition. Barraza is an Argentinean who
has risen swiftly through the ranks to the post of Devil's Advocate-an
investigator of candidates for sainthood. In his new assignment, his
path immediately intersects with Lillian Davis-Lodge, a special agent
with the FBI, and a compelling figure from Barraza's past. The
reappearance of Lillian is more than mere coincidence; she is far from
the "special agent" she claims to be. She occupies the highest
echelons of power in the United States, with full access to
information and influence. Secrets and spies inhabit the subterranean
world of the Church just as they do the government of the United
States, and a disturbing trail of evidence strongly indicates to
Barraza that his Church may be complicit in what he has been assigned
to investigate. Set in the arcane, yet alluring world of the Vatican,
The Mosaic Virus will grip you in its terrifyingly-true-to-life
tale of secrets, sex and violence. At the end, you'll pray that it's
only fiction. Carlos Mock's maiden voyage proves he is already a
master storyteller.
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Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey
(2003) with Andrea Alessandra Cabello, ed.
In Borrowing Time: a Latino Sexual Odyssey we get
a glimpse of the different manifestations of AIDS: the fear, the shame, the
regrets and the final victory. The "AIDS" crisis has been an opportunity for
the homosexual community for growth, for strengthening ties, for reclaiming
rights from the government, and, above all, for reflection. The
AIDS
epidemic can be seen by many as a curse, and for others, as the opportunity to
bring out the best in you. My work as a sex therapist over 23 years with
couples and individuals-many of whom are gays, lesbians, and bisexuals-has put
me in touch with an issue that inevitably comes up: feelings of self-hatred
and shame that many homosexuals internalize. The lack of tolerance for sexual
diversity and the myopic vision of many fundamentalist religious groups have
contributed to the prejudices. Books like Borrowing Time: a Latino Sexual
Odyssey can be antidotes for this lack of understanding and acceptance. It
can also be a useful tool for any homosexual or lesbian to understand and
accept him or herself, without judgments. It takes the reader, gay or
straight, into the mind, heart and dreams of Juan Subirá Rexach with great
candor, honesty and humor.
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