Zero Saints

Name: Zero Saints
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Gabino Iglesias
ISBN: 9781668681268

Author: Gabino Iglesias

Narrator: Jean-Marc Berne

Unabridged: 3 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Hachette Original

Published: 06/07/2022

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Hispanic & Latino

Synopsis

Enforcer and drug dealer Fernando has seen better days. On his way home from work, some heavily-tattooed gangsters throw him in the back of a car and take him to an abandoned house, where they saw off his friend's head and feed the kid's fingers to...something. Their message is clear: this is their territory, now. But Fernando isn't put down that easily. Using the assistance of a Santeria priestess, an insane Puerto Rican pop sensation, a very human dog, and a Russian hitman, he'll build the courage (and firepower) he'll need to fight a gangbanger who's a bit more than human...

Author Bio

Gabino Iglesias is a writer, professor, editor, and book reviewer. He is the author of Zero Saints and Coyote Songs and the editor of Both Sides. His work has been nominated to the Bram Stoker Award and the Locus Award and won the Wonderland Book Award for Best Novel in 2019. He teaches at SNHU"s online MFA program.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard on February 18, 2017

It's impressive how much great material author Gabino Iglesias is able to fit into such a tiny book. This, his Spanglish-language 2nd novel, is filled with everything from heavy doses of Santería and Yoruba religions, Mara Salvatrucha bangers that just may have a hint of demon in them, a hitman who......more

Goodreads review by Benoit on December 13, 2015

This was an incredible read, yet I have a difficult time wrapping my head around everything that was great about ZERO SAINTS because there was so much stuff both on the emotional, technical and intellectual level that clicked with me. First thing first, the protagonist Fernando was pretty awesome. H......more

Goodreads review by The Shayne-Train on June 19, 2017

Wow, this book packs a LOT of punch into its pages. Billed as a 'barrio noir,' I think that term hits pretty close. There are lots of passages en Español in here. Now me personally, I took a couple of years of Spanish in high school, so I was able to figure out maybe 50% of the non-English parts. But......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on May 16, 2019

Iglesias really does something special within these pages. Listed as a barrio noir, and mentioned as such by the author himself, this is a crime novel like no other I’ve experienced. A taste of horror, a bit of dark magic, and sections of gorgeous prose commenting on society, life, and humanity, are......more

Goodreads review by Adam on March 01, 2016

In Gabino Iglesias’s barrio noir Zero Saints, ex-pat Mexican drug dealer Fernando finds himself targeted by a gang of rival bangers from hell – maybe literally from hell. This book is getting a lot of hype, and deservedly so. It’s a kick in the teeth of a crime novella, interwoven with religion and......more