num_pages: 128
description: Slow Burn follows the story of Isobel della Fortuna, party regular, society member, illegitimate daughter of a powerful man. As Isobel struggles to find security and belonging in the Manila scene of the Marcos-era mid-eighties, we glimpse a culture that is brilliant in its horrific glory, although at the brink of extinction.
language: English
title: Slow Burn
titlecomplete: Slow Burn
ratings_count: 24
publisher: Ballantine Books