Sharing the airwaves with Joaquin are his beautiful Goth girlfriend Alondra, the show's resident "scientific expert" thanks to her advanced degree in urban folklore, and Watt, Joaquin's sound engineer and friend.

With the additional attention brought on by his increasing popularity, Joaquin reluctantly engages in an interview about his program with Newsweek magazine.

With his control over reality slipping and nearly gone, Joaquin must confront his past and his own mortality to save what is most important to him.

James Patterson described it in Kirkus Reviews as "A first novel that moves with deserved confidence into Stephen King territory … Palpable, almost visible cross-cultural creepiness that never lets up: very smart thrills..."[2] A review for Library Journal called it "A thrilling literary and visual experience, this contemporary ghost story set in Mexico is a fast-moving and enjoyable read.

The story and writing style recall early Stephen King and Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box..."[3] Publishers Weekly found that "[t]he prose can be awkward at times" and said "Gout adds little that's either new or remarkable to the ghostly radio waves premise".