Co-presented with City Lights Booksellers & PublishersBay Area author
Joshua Mohr taps the troubled vein of class warfare and gentrification in Oakland with his latest book
Saint The Terrifying, an ambitious tale of love and retribution. An ex-con, Saint was raised in the wilds of Norway, where his father brought him up in the old traditions and taught him the way of the Viking. Now Saint finds himself immersed in the Oakland music scene and, off stage, hunting down criminals no one else cares to find. Saint’s role as hardboiled detective is informed by Mohr’s deft interweaving of recent history, including Oakland’s Ghost Ship warehouse fire—a tragedy that Mohr revisits in a bold act of reclamation. Join the author in conversation with
Peter Maravelis of City Lights, followed by a performance from Mohr’s band,
Slummy. Doors at 6:30PM.
$12 adv / $15 doorBook sales for this event coordinated by
City Lights Bookstore.
