Ilustrado

By: Miguel Syjuco

it begins with a body. on a clear day in winter, the battered corpse of crispin salvador is pulled from the hudson river—taken from the world is the controversial lion of philippine literature. gone, too, is the only manuscript of his final book, a work meant to rescue him from obscurity by exposing the crimes of the filipino ruling families. miguel, his student and only remaining friend, sets...