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In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME, a group of five teenage boys, living in Puerto Rico, seek vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered; a doomed tale of devotion and the afterlife of violence.
For childhood friends Xavier, Tavo, Paul, Gabe, and Bimbo, death has always felt close on the island. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas Gabe’s mother had always said. But this time is different. Bimbo's mom has been shot dead while working the door at Lazer Club. “We’re gonna kill the motherfuckers who killed her.” Bimbo swears. And they agree.
As the boys carry out their pact, they are shocked by how easy it is to kill and how quickly it is over. The consequences however, take longer to boil and soon the boys are swept up in escalating acts of violence and moves that cannot be taken back. Gruesome, violent, sad, and surprisingly tender; HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN is a harrowing coming of age story; a latinx STAND BY ME, with an obsidianly dark heart.
House of Bone and Rain
by Iglesias, GabinoFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2024-08-06
Publisher(s): Mulholland Books
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Gabino Iglesias is the author of the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning novel, The Devil Takes you Home, as well as author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning novels Zero Saints and Coyote Songs. He is a writer, journalist, professor, and literary critic living in Austin, TX and a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Mystery Writers of America, and the National Book Critics Circle.
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