The Quixotics is a tale of coming of age for the Baby Boomer
generation. The time is 1970 and three young men have returned from
military service in Vietnam. Like other returning warriors of that
era, they?ve become disenchanted with a country that no longer
feels comfortable or welcoming to them. Restless and troubled by
what they see as the loss of individuality in an increasingly
politically correct society, they decide to escape it and create an
environment more to their liking. They are modern versions of that
classic daydreamer, Don Quixote. But, where the venerable nobleman
was weak and spindly, these men are young, powerful, and well
trained in the killing arts. They pool what little cash they have
and acquire a boat that is barely seaworthy. The plan is to sail
leisurely through the Caribbean, living life on their own terms one
idyllic day at a time, determined to find adventure and right the
wrongs they find along the way. Combative with society and each
other and with no sailing or navigational skills, they set off in
the small, cramped boat. To earn some badly needed cash, they
grudgingly agree to deliver a cargo of weapons to anti-Castro
insurgents in Cuba. The start is rough and the voyage rougher, but
all hell breaks loose once they reach the island. Captured by
Castro forces, they?re imprisoned and tortured in an old Spanish
dungeon. Later, they escape and join up with the rebels in the
Sierra Maestra Mountains. Here, their talents for guerilla warfare,
honed in the jungles of Vietnam, assert themselves. Before this
tale of adventure, romance, and self-discovery is over, each man
will come to realize, as Cervantes said, "Our greatest foes, and
whom we must chiefly combat, are within."
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