The Sons of El Rey

Alex Espinoza

eBook - 2024

"This is a knockout." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) One of the Today Show's Most Anticipated Books of 2024One of Time's New Books to Read this SummerOne of the Los Angeles Times's Books You Need to Read this Summer "A masterful exploration of a family reckoning with its most sacred secrets. Mesmerizing and unflinching, Espinoza's luchadores will wrestle their way deep into your heart." —Patricia 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—Mexican wrestlers donning flamboyant masks and capes—were treated as daredevils or... more