num_pages: 251
description: "As sharp and fast as a street boy's razor" (The New York Times Book Review), Dogeaters is an intense fictional portrayal of Manila in the heyday of Marcos, the Philippines' late dictator. In 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.
language: English
title: Dogeaters
titlecomplete: Dogeaters
genres: Fiction, Historical, Asia, School, Literature, Adult, Asian Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 2583
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Harpercollins