Our Share of Night

Following her unexplained death, the woman's son and husband find themselves in direct conflict with her evil relatives.

Devastated by the loss of their mother and wife, a young father and son embarked on a road trip. Joined in sorrow, the two go to her family's ancestral house, where they must face the horrifying legacy she has left behind: a family known as the Order that carries out heinous deeds in an attempt to gain immortality.

This insane cult is what awaits the boy, Gaspar. He and his father flee as the Order seeks to ensnare him in its darkness, hoping to escape a strong clan that would stop at nothing to preserve its own existence. How far, however, would Gaspar's father go to keep his son safe? Can someone avoid their destiny?

Our Share of Night is a novel unlike any other, moving back and forth in time from London in the swinging 1960s to the harsh years of Argentina's military dictatorship and its turbulent aftermath. It is a story about the complexities of love and longing with queer subplots and themes, as well as a ghost story, family story, and a story of the occult and supernatural. One of Latin America's most inventive novels, Dave Eggers describes this author as "a mesmerizing writer who demands to be read." It is a masterpiece.