Luchador By Erin Finnegan
Luchador By Erin Finnegan
SUMMARY
Each week, Gabriel Romero’s drive to Sunday mass takes him past “El Ángel,” the golden statue at the heart of Mexico
City that haunts his memories and inspires his future. Spurred by the memory of his parents, Gabriel is drawn to the
secretive world of lucha libre, where wrestling, performance art and big business collide.
Under the con f icting mentorships of one of lucha libre’s famed gay exótico wrestlers and an ambitious young luchador
whose star is on the rise, Gabriel must choose between traditions which ground him but may limit his future, and the
lure of sex and success that may compromise his independence. Surrounded by a makeshift family of wrestlers, Gabriel
charts a course to balance ambition, sexuality and loyalty to f nd the future that may have been destined for him since
childhood.