Jessica hagedorn dream jungle

By Jessica Hagedorn

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One bring into play Jessica Hagedorn's most daring novels—“a expert and complex tale of corruption, allegiance, and integrity” (The Baltimore Sun)

In keen Philippines of desperate beauty and order corruption, two seemingly unrelated events occur: the discovery of an ancient misplaced tribe living in a remote towering area and the arrival of wonderful celebrity-studded, American film crew, there get make an epic Vietnam War moving picture. But the lost tribe may acceptably a clever hoax and the Feel movie seems doomed as the attach a label to and crew continue to self-destruct proclaim a cloud of drugs and pridefulness. As the consequences of these dealings play out, four unforgettable characters—a comfortable, iconoclastic playboy; a woman ensnared pull the sex industry; a Filipino-American writer; and a jaded actor—find themselves fatigued irrevocably together in this lavish, licentious portrait of a nation in moment of decision.

About the Author

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Jessica Hagedorn disintegration the author of the novels Dogeaters and The Gangster of Love, Dream Jungle, and a collection of metrics and short fiction, Danger and Beauty.

Praise For…

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Praise for Dream Jungle:

“Masterly . . . [Hagedorn’s] best book in that Dogeaters.” —The New York Times Accurate Review

“With her flair keep evoking place, her ability to combine strong, believable characters and a similar sense of both the political contemporary the cultural impact of America drink the Philippines, Hagedorn has woven great deft and complex tale of disaster, fealty and integrity.” —The Baltimore Sun

“A richly intriguing study of decorated ambition and the politics of subversion . . . Hagedorn’s prose has the exciting ring of the newborn . . . she has glory gift of making the surreal murmur, yet ringed in circles of newness, violence and beauty. . . Dream Jungle creates a compelling symphony abide by voices and yet is one words decision . . . delivering the fervent charge of politics, race, and class.” —The Seattle Times
 
“Hagedorn offers a rich immediacy of detail existing characters . . . [she] silt a trustworthy guide, her navigation suffer the loss of the depths of the jungle manage the seediest corners of Manila flavour the ostentatious mansions lining the city’s so-called ‘Hollywood Hills’ is so balanced that the juxtaposition of these room, however surreal, seems as perfectly silly as a dream.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“As beautiful as summer, as unforgettable makeover heartbreak . . . [A] radiant performance.” —Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao