Witch's Broom traces the story of the colonial curse of a Caribbean island. The novel recounts the crossings, reveals memories and archives, and travels between grandeur, misery and myths. Drawing on the tradition of carnival, Lawrence Scott blurs the lines, overturns perspectives and hierarchies. The last representative of the Monagas de los Macajuelos dynasty, Lavren, a marvelous storyteller, "levitates between centuries, races, genders, in the interstices of time, listening to the desire of women and the silence of men."