After thirteen years of living in the U.S., Vince returns to his birthplace, the Philippines. As he ventures into the heat and chaos of the city, he encounters a motley cast of characters, including a renegade nun, a political film director, arrogant hustlers, and the country’s spotlight-driven First Daughter. Haunted by his childhood memories and a troubled family history, Vince unravels the turmoil, beauty, and despair of a life caught between a fractured past and a precarious future.
Witty and mesmerizing, this novel explores the complex colonial and cultural history of the Philippines and the paradoxes inherent in the search for both personal and national identities.
**R. Zamora Linmark** is the author of the novel *Rolling the R's* (Kaya Press) and two poetry collections, *Prime Time Apparitions* and *The Evolution of a Sigh* (Hanging Loose Press). Linmark splits his time between Manila and Honolulu.
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After thirteen years of living in the U.S., Vince returns to his birthplace, the Philippines. As he ventures into the heat and chaos of the city, he encounters a motley cast of characters, including a renegade nun, a political film director, arrogant hustlers, and the country’s spotlight-driven First Daughter. Haunted by his childhood memories and a troubled family history, Vince unravels the turmoil, beauty, and despair of a life caught between a fractured past and a precarious future. Witty and mesmerizing, this novel explores the complex colonial and cultural history of the Philippines and the paradoxes inherent in the search for both personal and national identities. **R. Zamora Linmark** is the author of the novel *Rolling the R's* (Kaya Press) and two poetry collections, *Prime Time Apparitions* and *The Evolution of a Sigh* (Hanging Loose Press). Linmark splits his time between Manila and Honolulu.