The Sons of El Rey by Espinoza, Alex
The Sons of El Rey by Espinoza, Alex

The Sons of El Rey

A "masterful...mesmerizing and unflinching" (Patricia Engel, New York Times bestselling author) story about a family of luchadores...
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SKU: 9781668032794
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Author: Alex Espinoza
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Sons of El Rey by Espinoza, Alex

The Sons of El Rey

$51.74
The Sons of El Rey by Espinoza, Alex

The Sons of El Rey

$51.74
Author: Alex Espinoza
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A "masterful...mesmerizing and unflinching" (Patricia Engel, New York Times bestselling author) story 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 rock stars. Ernesto found fame, rapidly gaining name recognition 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's gym while Freddy's own 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 us from the ranches of Michoac?n to the makeshift colonias of Mexico City. Freddy describes his 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 "epic and transporting novel" (Alejandro Varela, National Book Award finalist and author of The Town of Babylon) of a family wading against time and legacy, yet always choosing the fight.

Author: Alex Espinoza
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 06/10/2025
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.50w x 1.04d
ISBN: 9781668032794

About the Author
Alex Espinoza was born in Tijuana, Mexico, and raised in suburban Los Angeles. He is the author of the novels Still Water Saints and The Five Acts of Diego Le?n, as well as a book of nonfiction, Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime. Alex teaches at UC-Riverside where he serves as the Tom?s Rivera Endowed Chair of Creative Writing.
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