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From the American Book Award--winning author comes a multi-generational epic spanning 1960s Mexico City to contemporary Los Angeles, following a family of free-style wrestlers, Luchadores, as they contend with forbidden love and family secrets. Ernesto and Elena Vega arrive in Mexico City where Ernesto works on a construction site until he is 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 finds fame as El Rey Coyote, rapidly gaining name recognition across Mexico. Years later, in East Los Angeles 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. The once larger-than-life Ernesto Vega is now dying, leading Freddy and Julian to find their own passions and discover what really happened back in Mexico. Told from alternating perspectives, Ernesto takes you from the ranches of Michoac�n to the makeshift colonias and crowded sports arenas 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 the 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.

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"""Before the glam drama of drag queens, there existed the flamboyant reign of kings like El Rey, an underdog transformed into a superhero. This is the story of a lucha libre dynasty that battles with ghosts and regrets, heroes and humiliations. It is as much the chronicle of a dying Mexican patriarch as it is about his gay grandson, both hiding behind stoic masks."" -- ""Sandra Cisneros, award-winning and bestselling author"""

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Alex Espinoza 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. He teaches at the University of California at Riverside, where he serves as the Tom�s Rivera Endowed Chair of Creative Writing. He was born in Tijuana, Mexico, and raised in suburban Los Angeles. Lee Osorio is an actor and narrator based in Atlanta, Georgia. Andr� Santana is a NYC-based audiobook narrator on a journey to tell great stories. He's a Black, Latine, and nonbinary voice actor delivering intentional and human performances. Operating with a keen sense for realistic delivery, he inevitably becomes a fan of every book he narrates and shares that joy through his performances. Tony Chiroldes is one of New York City's busiest voice-over performers. He was an original Broadway cast member of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical In the Heights, and has appeared in other productions such as The Capeman, Sympathy Jones, Senor Discretion Himself, and more. Tony has voiced hundreds of English and Spanish commercials and many audiobooks, including The Dreamer, for which he won an Earphone Award from AudioFile.

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