DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Juan Gabriel Vásquez to the store to discuss and sign his latest novel, Reputations, on Thursday, September 22nd at 7:00pm.

Javier Mallarino is a living legend. He is his country's most influential political cartoonist; the conscience of a nation. A man capable of repealing laws, overturning judges' decisions, and destroying politicians' careers with his art. His weapons are pen and ink. Those in power fear him and pay him homage.

At fifty-six, after four decades of a brilliant career, he's at the height of his powers, but this all changes when he's paid an unexpected visit from a young woman who upends his sense of personal history and forces him to re-evaluate his life and work, questioning his position in the world. 

Juan Gabriel Vásquez's previous books include the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner and national bestseller, The Sound of Things Falling, as well as the award-winning The Informers, The Secret History of Costaguana, and the story collection Lovers on All Saints' Day. Vasquez's novels have been published in 28 languages worldwide. After 16 years in France, Belgium, and Spain, he now lives in Bogota.