This novel ends with the protagonist's poetic imagination being sparked by a poem written by Oppiano Licario.
In this novel's eighth chapter, Leregas is expelled from school for stacking books on top of his erect penis and masturbating in class. This novel's seventh chapter ends with the protagonist's Uncle Alberto dying when his taxi smashes into a train. In its first chapter, the servant Baldovina is terrified by the orange, bloody urine of the protagonist, who suffers from severe asthma. During this novel, the suicide of Baena Albornoz touches off a long discussion of homosexuality among the protagonist and his friends Ricardo Fronesis and Eugenio Foción. This novel ends with the protagonist's poetic imagination being sparked by a poem written by Oppiano Licario. Focusing on the development of José Cemí, and set during the pre-Castro rule of Cuba, for 10 points, name this 1966 novel, the masterpiece of Jose Lezama Lima. 
In this novel's eighth chapter, Leregas is expelled from school for stacking books on top of his erect penis and masturbating in class.
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