All Friends Are Necessary Book Launch

Please join Tomás and friends as they celebrate the release of ALL FRIENDS ARE NECESSARY from Algonquin Books. East Bay Booksellers will be on hand to sell copies.

The event will take place in the upstairs room at 7 pm so come a few minutes early to purchase any food or drinks and mingle.

Kids are welcome.

The outodoor patio is dog friendly although the event will tasker place indoors.

Advanced Praise for ALL FRIENDS ARE NECESSARY:

“Tender and open-hearted, sexy and messy and deeply human.I absolutely love this novel.”

—Nina LaCour, author of Yerba Buena

"Vibrant, alive, and absolutely devastating in its beauty, All Friends Are Necessary is like a late-night phone call with your best friend—exuberant, confessional, and above all, honest. Cutting to the heart of grief in all its multitudes, one man finds his way back to a new version of self after deep loss. Sexy and subversive, I tore through this book, inhaling line after surprising line, feeling myself want to reach into the pages and be saved too."

—Chelsea Bieker, author of Godshot and Madwoman

"All Friends Are Necessary brings much needed tenderness, beauty, and hope into the world. This splendid and rejuvenating novel will make you feel so full and alive, held and comforted. Tomas Moniz has created joyous companions and a book to cherish for ages. I love these characters and will miss them endlessly."

—Joseph Han, author of Nuclear Family

“Vivid and compelling, All Friends Are Necessary is a celebration of love in all its forms. In the wake of devastating losses and amid the isolation of the pandemic, Efren “Chino” Flores struggles for meaning and connection. In a pitch-perfect portrayal of the Bay Area and beyond, the indelible Flores welcomes us into his circle of friends. A tender, frank, and funny narrative.”

—Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City

“Tomas Moniz returns with a beautiful, searching novel. All Friends Are Necessary combines the rugged tenderness of Denis Johnson, the poetic geographies of Jimmy Santiago Baca, the frank sexual desire of Garth Greenwell, and the playful joy of Sandra Cisneros into a novel equally heartbreaking and hopeful. This is one of the best books of the year.”

—Christian Kiefer, author of The Heart of It All

Host or Publisher Tomas Moniz