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An embarrassment of riches / Charlson Ong

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [Quezon City] : Philippine Centennial Commission, [2000]Description: viii, 425 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9715422020
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 899.2103
Awards:
  • Centennial literary prize, 1898-1998.
  • Second prize / English novel.
Summary: The Victorianas, an island west of the Philippines, whose dictator, General Azurin, has just died. In the upcoming elections to fill the power vacuum, a motley crew of characters shows up to play the politics game, including the daughter of the island’s richest tycoon, a leader of the underground Liberation movement, a charismatic preacher, an enigmatic feng shui master, and Jeffrey Kennedy Tantivo, a self-exile just returned who, along with becoming embroiled in the political scene, also struggles to uncover his hidden past.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Book Book Main Library Filipiniana Section Filipiniana F 899.2103 On58e 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 2 Available 123122d
Book Book Main Library Filipiniana Section Filipiniana F 899.213 On58e 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 1 Available 97073d

The Victorianas, an island west of the Philippines, whose dictator, General Azurin, has just died. In the upcoming elections to fill the power vacuum, a motley crew of characters shows up to play the politics game, including the daughter of the island’s richest tycoon, a leader of the underground Liberation movement, a charismatic preacher, an enigmatic feng shui master, and Jeffrey Kennedy Tantivo, a self-exile just returned who, along with becoming embroiled in the political scene, also struggles to uncover his hidden past.

Centennial literary prize, 1898-1998.

Second prize / English novel.

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