 The furor over Padilla's case brought to an end the affinity between Spanish American intellectuals and the Cuban inspirational myth.The Padilla affair is thought by some to have signalled the beginning of the end of the Boom.However, in a significant sense, the Boom has not ended; the writers associated with the Boom have continued to publish books that have been read by audiences far larger than those enjoyed by Latin American writers prior to the Boom.