A review by jelina
Manila Noir by Jessica Hagedorn

4.0

Jessica Hagedorn in her introduction promises that there will be no happy endings to be found here. But what makes a happy ending? Survival? Money? Being at peace with ones desperate circumstance? Clawing through life like the smell of second hand smoke on a busted up couch. The characters featured are shock-proof dealing with murder and mutilation alike with somber nods and quick limbs. Their stories are various degrees of tension with an atmosphere of urban and moral decay. A dirty get-away book for the staccato hearted.