It has been famously said of
the Philippines that the nation spent "three hundred years in the convent,
and fifty years in Hollywood," as a result of sequential colonial rule by
Spain and the USA. Yates's exuberant, rambunctious, and delightfully gonzo
first novel might reverse that ratio as it captures the holy libertinism of the
island nation in a compelling, unpredictable, fast-paced magical-realist
narrative.
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