A review by matthewmansell
Insurrecto by Gina Apostol

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

‘She does not go home for her mother’s funeral because the prospect of return - the mournful winding road out of metropolitan Manila through the wastes of Luzon into the Bicol peninsula, then on the Samar’s powerful desolation and across the strait into Leyte’s monotonous green - gives her insomnia. She splurges on a coat from Miu Miu instead.’