An embarrassment of riches / Charlson Ong

By:

Ong, Charlson [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: [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	Main Library Filipiniana Section	Filipiniana	F 899.2103 On58e 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c. 2	Available	123122d
Book	Main Library Filipiniana Section	Filipiniana	F 899.213 On58e 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c. 1	Available	97073d

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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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