Author: Reinaldo Arenas. New York. 1991. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Slightly Worn Dustjacket.  Reinaldo Arenas is one of the most intoxicating voices in modern Latin American letters today, and one of the most extraordinary writers Cuba has given us since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. THE PALACE OF THE WHITE SKUNKS  tells the story of Fortunato, a young man who escapes the constant cruelties and cacophony of his grandparents' home to join the rebel forces against the Batista regime. The story is narrated through a chorus of voices-of both the living and the dead-and through dialogue, monologue, advertisements, newspaper articles, and propaganda proclamations.