I Was the President's Mistress!!

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<p><b>"Brilliant . . . Miguel Syjuco is his country's most original and unflinching literary voice." -</b><b>Salman Rushdie</b><br><br><b>"It's a rare novel that leaves you reeling simultaneously with admiration, exhaustion, amazement at its author's reach and skill, and desolation at the world it spreads out before you . . . [A] raging protest of a book." -James Lasdun, <i>The New York Times Book Review </i>(Editors' Choice)</b><br><br><b>From Miguel Syjuco, the winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize for <i>Ilustrado</i>, <i>I Was the President's Mistress!!</i> is an unflinching satire about power, corruption, sex, and all the other topics you were told never to discuss in polite company.</b><br><br>How much would you sacrifice for what you believe? <br>Is what you believe even true? <br>And what if you secretly recorded the crimes of your once-trusted lover-who also happens to be the president? <br><br>For Vita Nova, introverted megastar, such a conundrum could ruin <i>everything</i>. All she ever wished for was a quiet life as the Philippines' most-liked influencer, famous for her viral dance hit, the Mr. Sexy-Sexy-yet now somehow she's headlining a rollicking impeachment and battle royal for power. <br><br>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: "Who's more sinful, the seduced or the seductress?" <br><br>You are cordially invited to this year's biggest scandal. Will Vita prevail? Will she even survive? <br><br>In his signature style-playful, provocative, hilarious, insightful-Miguel Syjuco animates thirteen indelible voices in this dizzying tale of democracy in peril. But this isn't a book about the Philippines; it's about a society uncannily like yours. <br><i><br>I Was the President's Mistress!!</i> is both an indictment of the violent potential of language and an electrifying defe

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781250863133

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

210 x 137 x 23 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Picador Paper