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I Was The President'S Mistress!!
Picador Paper
ISBN13:
9781250863133
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Brilliant . . . Miguel Syjuco is his countrys most original and unflinching literary voice. Salman Rushdie Its a rare novel that leaves you reeling simultaneously with admiration, exhaustion, amazement at its authors reach and skill, and desolation at the world it spreads out before you . . . [A] raging protest of a book. James Lasdun, The New York Times Book Review (Editors Choice) From Miguel Syjuco, the winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize for Ilustrado, I Was the President's Mistress!! is an unflinching satire about power, corruption, sex, and all the other topics you were told never to discuss in polite company. How much would you sacrifice for what you believe? Is what you believe even true? And what if you secretly recorded the crimes of your once-trusted loverwho also happens to be the president? For Vita Nova, introverted megastar, such a conundrum could ruin everything. All she ever wished for was a quiet life as the Philippines most-liked influencer, famous for her viral dance hit, the Mr. Sexy-Sexyyet now somehow shes headlining a rollicking impeachment and battle royal for power. In these previously unreleased transcripts, collected by the ghostwriter of her tell-all memoir, Vita rips the bodice of society to bare her own heaving story. But some of her former lovers tell it differently, asking us: Whos more sinful, the seduced or the seductress? You are cordially invited to this years biggest scandal. Will Vita prevail? Will she even survive? In his signature styleplayful, provocative, hilarious, insightfulMiguel Syjuco animates thirteen indelible voices in this dizzying tale of democracy in peril. But this isnt a book about the Philippines; its about a society uncannily like yours. I Was the Presidents Mistress!! is both an indictment of the violent potential of language and an electrifying defense of free speech. Come, confront todays last taboos and hurtle headlong into love, sex, ambition, politics, faithand the war over who will tell the stories the world will know as truth.
- | Author: Miguel Syjuco
- | Publisher: Picador Paper
- | Publication Date: Apr 04, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 384 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1250863139
- | ISBN-13: 9781250863133
- Author:
- Miguel Syjuco
- Publisher:
- Picador Paper
- Publication Date:
- Apr 04, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 384 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1250863139
- ISBN-13:
- 9781250863133