Bodega Dreams: A Novel

Ernesto Quinonez

Mar 2019 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Angelo Di Loreto

About this audiobook

In a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty-and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Lyrical, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder.

About the author

Ernesto Quiñonez is the author of Chango's Fire and Bodega Dreams. He is on the faculty at Cornell University.

Angelo Di Loreto is a versatile audiobook narrator and voice actor from Buffalo, New York, based in New York City. As an actor, he has worked in various productions with the St. Joseph Academy Theater Company and has studied and worked with voice-over and acting coaches such as Marla Kirban and Jayme Mattler.