num_pages: 272
description: Welcome 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--from movie stars to waiters, from a young junkie to the richest man in the Philippines--becomes caught up in a spiral of events culminating in a beauty pageant, a film festival, and an assassination. 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: 2584
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books