num_pages: 336
description: One of Jessica Hagedorn's most daring novels—“a deft and complex tale of corruption, fealty, and integrity” ( The Baltimore Sun )In a Philippines of desperate beauty and rank corruption, two seemingly unrelated events the discovery of an ancient lost tribe living in a remote mountainous area and the arrival of a celebrity-studded, American film crew, there to make an epic Vietnam War movie. But the lost tribe may be a clever hoax and the Hollywood movie seems doomed as the cast and crew continue to self-destruct in a cloud of drugs and ego. As the consequences of these events play out, four unforgettable characters—a wealthy, iconoclastic playboy; a woman ensnared in the sex industry; a Filipino-American writer; and a jaded actor—find themselves drawn irrevocably together in this lavish, sensual portrait of a nation in crisis.
language: English
title: Dream Jungle
titlecomplete: Dream Jungle
genres: Historical, Literature, Asian Literature, Womens, Novels, Asia, Adult, Historical Fiction, Fiction, College
ratings_count: 547
places: The Philippines
publisher: Penguin Books