Victor Manibo
@victormanibo.com
Author of THE SLEEPLESS (2022), ESCAPE VELOCITY (2024), DEAD NOTE (5/15/2025), and THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED (11/25/2025) • Lambda Literary Fellow • NYC via MNL • he/him 🏳️🌈
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The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo: 9781645661382 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A dark history is unearthed amid crumbling façades in Lambda Literary fellow Victor Manibo’s new gothic tale of family, homecoming, and postcolonial vengeance . . . SOME LEGACIES ARE BEST...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Grab your copies from anywhere books are sold—in hardcover, ebook or audio formats—preferably from an indie bookshop, or here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790095...
As always I couldn’t have done it without the @awfulagent.bsky.social team, and the talented and hardworking folks at @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social, most of all my editor, @dianapho.bsky.social. You have my eternal gratitude. … ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As always I couldn’t have done it without the @awfulagent.bsky.social team, and the talented and hardworking folks at @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social, most of all my editor, @dianapho.bsky.social. You have my eternal gratitude. … ⬇️
Here are some snaps from Monday’s delightful launch event—my deepest thanks to @claymcleod.bsky.social for being such an insightful and generous interlocutor, and to Strand Bookstore for always supporting my work. Thank you too to everyone who came out and celebrated with us! … ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here are some snaps from Monday’s delightful launch event—my deepest thanks to @claymcleod.bsky.social for being such an insightful and generous interlocutor, and to Strand Bookstore for always supporting my work. Thank you too to everyone who came out and celebrated with us! … ⬇️
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The JAB team had a great time at the launch event for THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED at The Strand✨
@victormanibo.com and @claymcleod.bsky.social discussed the journey of pivoting into horror writing, weaving colonialism into the Gothic, and... sexy gravedigging (you'll have to read the book for this one)
@victormanibo.com and @claymcleod.bsky.social discussed the journey of pivoting into horror writing, weaving colonialism into the Gothic, and... sexy gravedigging (you'll have to read the book for this one)
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The JAB team had a great time at the launch event for THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED at The Strand✨
@victormanibo.com and @claymcleod.bsky.social discussed the journey of pivoting into horror writing, weaving colonialism into the Gothic, and... sexy gravedigging (you'll have to read the book for this one)
@victormanibo.com and @claymcleod.bsky.social discussed the journey of pivoting into horror writing, weaving colonialism into the Gothic, and... sexy gravedigging (you'll have to read the book for this one)
Thank you! I hope she does!
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thank you! I hope she does!
Thank you so much! Means the world to me 🥰
(And also, sending you all the positive and healing thoughts in these tough times 🖤)
(And also, sending you all the positive and healing thoughts in these tough times 🖤)
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thank you so much! Means the world to me 🥰
(And also, sending you all the positive and healing thoughts in these tough times 🖤)
(And also, sending you all the positive and healing thoughts in these tough times 🖤)
🥹🥹🥹 thank you so much!
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🥹🥹🥹 thank you so much!
That’s so kind, thank you! Hope you have a lovely week as well
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
That’s so kind, thank you! Hope you have a lovely week as well
Thanks so much, Andrew!
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thanks so much, Andrew!