A review by raincorbyn
Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias
5.0
Wow, this one hit me like a truck, a page turner even with pauses to hop on google translate from time to time.
Gabino Iglesias gives us cinematic action, but also something more textural, slower, bigger. Characters, monsters, and forces beyond words all wait like coiled springs, explode into gory, righteous violence, and then coil back down, some never to return, others never to leave. Like King at his best, Iglesias shows us a battle between good and evil, from the perspectives of many who are wrong about what side they are on.
There are literal monsters, and there are the horrors of white supremacy, nationalistic cruelty, and misogyny; and forces older than these, lurking, watching, deciding how to act, and through whom.
Really outstanding stuff, I'm rushing to get more of his work.
Gabino Iglesias gives us cinematic action, but also something more textural, slower, bigger. Characters, monsters, and forces beyond words all wait like coiled springs, explode into gory, righteous violence, and then coil back down, some never to return, others never to leave. Like King at his best, Iglesias shows us a battle between good and evil, from the perspectives of many who are wrong about what side they are on.
There are literal monsters, and there are the horrors of white supremacy, nationalistic cruelty, and misogyny; and forces older than these, lurking, watching, deciding how to act, and through whom.
Really outstanding stuff, I'm rushing to get more of his work.