Gordo

by Jaime Cortez

Book Overview

The first ever collection of short stories by Jaime Cortez, Gordo is set in a migrant workers camp near Watsonville, California in the 1970s. A young, probably gay, boy named Gordo puts on a wrestler's mask and throws fists with a boy in the neighborhood, fighting his own tears as he tries to grow into the idea of manhood so imposed on him by his father. As he comes of age, Gordo learns about sex, watches his father's drunken fights, and discovers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802158080
• ISBN13: 9780802158086
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A Modern Day Steinbeck

The stories in this book capture the voice of a child becoming a young man who does not quite fit in - reminiscent of Steinbeck, but better because they are more authentic. Steinbeck was the outsider looking in at this community, Gordo tells the story from the inside. An amazing collection of interconnected stories.