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Title: A Ride Worth Repeating
Review: I had thought I wouldn't like this book for the simple reason that is it set in Manila (where I am from). I thought the characters would be shallow and lack any substance, given the fact that Alex Garland is an outsider to the goings on in Manila and couldn't possibly get inside the head of a Filipino, in any part of society.I was wrong.The people I met in the course of reading this book were so real. Alex Garland had a pulse on what runs through the mind of a Filipino...the haciendero/gangster who longs to be a true Spaniard, the street urchin who survives the perils of the urban jungle, the mother with a lost love in the past. Once the book reached its climax, I held my breath, afraid for the ride to be over. But when it did end, like most rides enjoyed, it was worth doing it all over again.
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