Coyote Songs

by Gabino Iglesias

Overview

In this mosaic horror/crime novel, ghosts and old gods guide the hands of those caught up in a violent struggle to save the soul of the American southwest. A man tasked with shuttling children over the border believes the Virgin Mary is guiding him towards final justice. A woman offers colonizer blood to the Mother of Chaos. A boy joins corpse destroyers to seek vengeance for the death of his father.These stories intertwine with those of a vengeful spirit and a hungry creature to paint a timely, compelling, pulpy portrait of revenge, family, and hope."Call him the Barrio Palahniuk, a badass Henry Miller, Charles Willeford in Cholo-land-whatever the moniker, for my money Gabino Iglesias is one of the most fearless, original and riveting writers working today." - Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight"Iglesias is a master of compact phrasing and perfectly paced suspense." - Los Angeles Review of Books

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940885490
Publisher:	Broken River Books
Publication date:	10/26/2018
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.48(d)

Editorial Reviews

12/01/2022

Part novel, part short story collection, this work follows six main characters in a stream-of-consciousness narrative that creates a portrait of life on the border. La Bruja recounts the horrific fate of many people trapped in the back of a truck with no air or water, slowly dying as an uncaring coyote brings them north. Alma is an artist of Black and Puerto Rican heritage who tries to express herself through her art. Coyote brings children across the border, and while doing horrific things to them, convinces himself he is doing God's work. Jaime, newly out of jail for attacking his mother's abusive white boyfriend, is once again on the run. Young Pedrito is fishing with his beloved papa but then finds himself in a house of nightmares. Night after night, The Mother gives birth to a monstrous creature, which brutalizes the local community. Narrators Amanda Alcántara, Fernando Avila, Jean-Marc Berne, Nicholas A. Ortiz, Ann Osmond, and Jane Santos each reads a different story. Listeners will appreciate their authentic voices, particularly as sections of untranslated Spanish are interwoven throughout. VERDICT First published in 2018 and now available in audio, Iglesias's (The Devil Takes You Home) haunting mix of crime, horror, and magical realism will not be easily forgotten.—Allison Gray

Library Journal - Audio