Dogeaters (Contemporary American Fiction)

ISBN: 014014904X

Author: Hagedorn, Jessica

Condition: New

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 AwardA 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 PhilippinesOne of The Atlantics Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsWelcome 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.