BookPeople Presents: Gabino Iglesias - House of Bone and Rain

Please welcome Gabino Iglesias to celebrate House of Bone and Rain!

This event is free and open to the public.

• Start time: 7:00 P.M.
• Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
• Location: The second floor of BookPeople.

The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.

• To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.

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About the book:

Wanting to grow up and seeing it coming is just like calling the Devil and then seeing him show up: you think you want it, but when it gets there, you wish you could take it all back.

Bimbo’s mom is dead. Two weeks before graduation. Two bullets to the face. Maria had been working the door at Lazer Club where she checked IDs and occasionally yelled at rowdy kids. She also dealt a little on the side. So when two men, seemingly Scarface wannabes, had asked her to sell for them—she’d said no, not realizing her misstep.

Xavier, Tavo, Paul, Gabe, and Bimbo have been friends forever. Growing up on the island, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas Gabe’s mother had always said. But this time is different. A mother is sacred. “We’re gonna K*ll 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 K*ll and how quickly it is over. The consequences however take longer to boil. A hurricane is coming. The water is rising. Gruesome, violent, sad, and surprisingly tender; a harrowing coming of age story; a latinx STAND BY ME, with an obsidianly dark heart.

About the author:

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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