{"product_id":"dogeaters","title":"Dogeaters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An original, raw, and wild novel that has held its power and demands to be read.\" --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and Winner of the American Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJessica Hagedorn is the recipient of The Before Columbus Foundation's 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic and influential story centered on the cultural and political stakes of life in Marcos-era Philippines\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wildly disparate group of characters--including movie stars and waiters, a young junkie and the richest man in the Philippines--becomes ensnared in a spiral of events culminating in a beauty pageant, a film festival, and an assassination. At 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41875151257675,"sku":"9780143138167","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_7fc0d454-dabd-4eb6-a85e-606f554debe6.jpg?v=1762333647","url":"https:\/\/xiabooks.org\/products\/dogeaters","provider":"XIA Books \u0026 Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}