01499cam a2200325 i 4500 1013985945 TxAuBib 20231024120000.0 230215s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781638930365 hardcover 1638930368 hardcover (OCoLC)1370189671 TxAuBib rda Sámano Córdova, Gerardo,. Monstrilio / Gerardo Sámano Córdova. First edition. New York : Zando, 2023. 326 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family's decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually, Monstrilio begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses--though curbed by his biological and chosen family's communal care--threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life. 20231024. Monsters Fiction. Death Fiction. Grief Fiction. Mexico City (Mexico) Fiction. Magic realist fiction. Horror fiction.