{"product_id":"imps","title":"Imps!","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of the cult-classic \u003ci\u003eMonstrilio \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a fever dream novel of twins and trickery, broken bones and brokenness, and of monsters, mischief, and mayhem! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No one captures the intricacies of the human mind and all of its gorgeous pathologies like Gerardo Sámano Córdova . . . [A] pot boiling exploration at the nexus of wickedly perverse and tenderly discomfiting, \u003ci\u003eImps!\u003c\/i\u003e is a full-blown original, just like its writer.\" --Alejandro Varela, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Town of Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiddle Spoon \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a quiet morning, Francisca awakes to a rare good day. She skips work, admires the squabbling sparrows on her tiny terrace in Mexico City, and senses a joy so refreshing it feels dangerous. But when there's a knock on her door, announcing an odd stranger at her apartment, Francisca, frightened and fascinated, acts on a whim, shattering her peaceful day and predictable life. She can think of only one person to help her with this unexpected, maybe hostile visitor--her estranged twin brother, Pablo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Pablo arrives, the day spirals from an awkward reunion into a claustrophobic, feverish confrontation where the thirty-five-year-old twins must reckon with a past they thought they had outrun. Over the course of this peculiar day, Francisca and Pablo realize this man brings devastating questions and a reckoning twenty years in the making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritically acclaimed author of the bestselling cult-classic horror novel \u003ci\u003eMonstrilio\u003c\/i\u003e, Gerardo Sámano Córdova brings his trademark blend of strangeness, darkness, humor, and tenderness to \u003ci\u003eImps!\u003c\/i\u003e, an exploration of imagination, loss, brokenness, and the quest for the extraordinary in everyday life.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54760307655022,"sku":"9781638934295","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_f0f02d5e-89fa-4671-a398-16e99fbdf53a.jpg?v=1789051499","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/imps","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}