A Funny, Shockingly Sexy and Brutal Fictional Memoir

Award winning Artist and writer Gilberto González returns to his former haunts in North Philadelphia in the shockingly sexy, gritty and humorous fictional memoir – Three Rings. González’s book captures the flavor of growing up in the hood with the collection of
short stories roughly based on his relationships with women from the ages 13-20. They include the Girl with cockroaches in the bathroom to the older woman who surprises the main character with a highly unwelcome sexual practice. González says, “I wanted Three Rings to focus on life in the hood but from the point of view of interpersonal relationships.” Three Rings weaves into the pages design elements and González’s powerful paintings of urban landscapes to underscore the themes of the book.
González escaped the violence that took the lives of many of his contemporaries and
Three Rings incorporates some of the brutality he experienced. “I had my head cracked open twice and tainted pot took me to the ER. When you go to a friend’s funeral and
you can’t open the casket because his face was blown off – I realized that wasn’t
my life.”