Our Share of Night

Gaspar is a boy whose father takes him on a journey after the death of his mother. They travel to her ancestral home, where a family called the Order confronts them with a terrible legacy. That group commits unspeakable acts in its search for immortality, and Gaspar is part of its destiny. Father and son flee the powerful clan, which will do anything to survive. The novel asks how far the father will go to protect his child and whether anyone can escape fate. Moving between 1960s London and Argentina's military dictatorship and its aftermath, it mixes family, ghosts, the occult and queer themes.

Why You Should Read?

• Follow Gaspar and his father as they flee the Order that wants to control him.
• Explore a family story that mixes grief, ghosts, the occult and the supernatural.
• Understand the complexities of love and longing in a book with queer subplots.
• Travel through time from 1960s London to Argentina's military dictatorship and its aftermath.