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A review by mrhumpage
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
3.0
A very interesting read, it's easy to see how this novel had won awards and simultaneously holds a middling aggregate review score here.
The book combines a variety of styles, extracts from fictional novels through a writer's career and ultimately a surprising twist in the end that still leaves many questions unanswered.
A modern novel, with casual sexual encounters and drug taking interspersed with the often brutal real histories of the colonial Philippines.
Not for everyone but enjoyment to be had.
The book combines a variety of styles, extracts from fictional novels through a writer's career and ultimately a surprising twist in the end that still leaves many questions unanswered.
A modern novel, with casual sexual encounters and drug taking interspersed with the often brutal real histories of the colonial Philippines.
Not for everyone but enjoyment to be had.