The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis

The tango music is almost audible, the sex scenes believably steamy.” - Toronto Star De Robertis’s prose is full and lush, painting the worlds of the conventillo slums, dingy brothels, opulent nightclubs. “Filled with the visceral sights and sounds of 20th century Argentina.” - Los Angeles Times Cross-dressing Leda is an indelible character.” - San Jose Mercury News De Robertis’ passionate prose captures the rhythms of the tango, ensnaring us in its twists and twirls.” - The Seattle Times The Gods of Tango transforms the history of a frenetic musical genre, as the music itself transformed the lives of those who created it.” - Counterpunch This is the dazzling transformation that slowly comes upon you reading Carolina De Robertis’s rapturous novel. “You think you’re reading one novel but, then, suddenly you realize you’re reading another. “Like the dance from which it takes its title, The Gods of Tango is confident, sensual, wildly romantic.” - The Columbus Dispatch De Robertis’s writing harnesses that physicality and sexual energy.” - The Wall Street Journal “ a sound charged with the attitude and yearnings of Argentina’s immigrant class, its raw passions and unleashed frustrations. keep us rapt, turning the pages.” - The Washington Post

The book’s relentlessly propulsive story of gender-switching in a perilous time. Passages hum in step with the tempos of the tango, seducing the reader to continue turning the pages.” - Los Angeles Review of Books

Woven of many strands, the novel is absorbing, tightly crafted. A rousing tale of sex, violence, exhilaration, poverty, luck and redemption.” - San Francisco Chronicle A San Francisco Chronicle and NBC News Latino Best Book of the Year

The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis