Infidelity. Architecture. Punk Rock. Clonazepam.
“Alfredo Botello, who has an eye for detail and an ear for dialogue, has somehow managed to create a new and different take on a young marriage gone wrong. It is both laugh-out-loud funny and acute in its perception. His powers as a writer of dead-on conversation remind me of Martin Amis. Read this book.”
180 Days
What happens when what was built to last forever will be demolished in just 180 days?
Tomas Araeta and Naomi Curran are nearing their tenth year of marriage – and on the cusp of adopting a child – when Tomas, an aspiring architect, strays with a client. Discovering the infidelity, Naomi files for divorce but learns of California’s mandatory six-month waiting period before the divorce can be finalized.
The clock is ticking: Tomas has 180 days to win Naomi back.
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AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER, ARCHITECT, BAR OWNER
Alfredo Botello
Alfredo Botello is a screenwriter who has worked on projects ranging from the indie Sundance Global Short La Revolucion De Iguodala to the studio tent pole Fast and Furious 9. He is a Fulbright Fellow in architecture and a Nicholl Fellow in screenwriting. In addition to screenplays, he has written for The San Francisco Examiner Magazine, Metropolis, Diablo, Surface, The Utne Reader, Style, The East Bay Express, and The Monthly. Botello also co-owns two dive bars in downtown Oakland, Radio Bar and the Ruby Room, and at home dotes on his two Corgis, George and Dotty.