Dogeaters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140149043)

"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 Sympathizer

Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and Winner of the American Book Award

A classic and influential story--often considered "the quintessential Filipino American novel" (The Nation)--centered on the cultural and political stakes of life in Marcos-era Philippines

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Welcome 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.

Author: Jessica Hagedorn
ISBN-10: 014014904X
ISBN-13: 9780140149043
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1991
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.79h x 5.04w x 0.55d
Award: National Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/31/1991