Dogeaters Jessica Hagedorn, Patrick Rosal (Introduction by) 9780143138167, Trade Paperback Fiction / Literary An original, raw, and wild novel that has held its power and demands to be read.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The SympathizerFinalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and Winner of the American Book AwardJessica Hagedorn is the recipient of The Before Columbus Foundation’s 2024 American Book Award Lifetime Achievement AwardA classic and influential story—often considered “the quintessential Filipino American novel” (The Nation)—centered on the cultural and political stakes of life in the Marcos-era PhilippinesA Penguin ClassicWelcome to Manila in the turbulent period of the Philippines’ late dictator. It is a world in which American pop culture and local Filipino tradition mix flamboyantly and gossip, storytelling, and extravagant behavior thrive.A wildly disparate group of characters—including movie stars and waiters, a young junkie and the richest man in the Philippines—becomes ensnared in a spiral of events culminating in a beauty pageant, a film festival, and an assassination. At the center of this maelstrom is Rio, a feisty schoolgirl who will grow up to live in America and look back with longing on the land of her youth.
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