Title: a new filipino writer
Product review: Books by Filipino authors are so rare, bizzarely given our numbers, that it is a treat to get three excellent books about Fil Ams at once (Ong's; de la Paz's beautiful poetry collection; and Brian Ascalon Roley's harrowing American Son). Ong's is the most comic. The press has been emphasizing its satirical aspects, its portrayal of upperclass New Yorkers, but to me the most lasting effect is the potrayal of loners and bitter losers. It gives weight to what could otherwise have been a transient comic experience.
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