SAN CAF casts a ribald, satirical eye on Latin American leftist politics and American corporate greed. Security consultant Bobby Gatling anticipates a working vacation in the Central American nation of San Cristo. But revolutionaries challenge a government controlled by Bobbys client, Mobys Inc., the worlds largest coffee retailer.

A jungle ambush and the disappearance of an Italian priest deepen Bobbys involvement. He must lead a challenging manhunt while dealing with a Marxist presidential candidate fond of gourmet cooking, a delusional Cristano army officer, bloodthirsty American mercenaries, a purple-haired Italian journalist-diva and Mobys domineering CEOas well as Bobbys nominal boss, the beautiful, gun-toting Maria Skavronsky.