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The Sons of El Rey
“Ths is a knockout.”—Pulishers Weekly (starred review) One of the Today Show’sMost Anticipated Books of 2024 •One of Time’sNew Books to Read this Summer •One of the Los Angeles Times’sBooks You Need to Read this Summer “Amasterful exploration of a family reckoning with its most sacred secrets. Mesmerizing and unflinching, Espinoza’sluchadores will wrestle their way deep into your heart.”—Paricia Engel, New York Times bestselling author A timeless, epic novel about a family of luchadores contending with forbidden love and secrets in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and beyond.Ernesto Vega has lived many lives, from pig farmer to construction worker to famed luchador El Rey Coyote, yet he has always worn a mask. He was discovered by a local lucha libre trainer at a time when luchadores—Meican wrestlers donning flamboyant masks and capes—wee treated as daredevils or rock stars. Ernesto found fame, rapidly gaining name rec­ogntion across Mexico, but at great expense, nearly costing him his marriage to his wife Elena. Years later, in East Los Angeles, his son, Freddy Vega, is struggling to save his father’sgym while Freddy’sown son, Julian, is searching for professional and romantic fulfillment as a Mexican American gay man refusing to be defined by stereotypes. With alternating perspectives, Ernesto and Elena take you from the ranches of Michoacánto the makeshift colonias of Mexico City. Freddy describes life in the suburban streets of 1980s Los Angeles and the community their family built, as Julian descends deep into our present-day culture of hook-up apps, lucha burlesque shows, and the dark underbelly of West Hollywood. The
Sons of El Rey is an intimate portrait of a family wading against time and legacy, yet always choosing the fight.