Dogeaters (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jessica Hagedorn
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: The Philippines
- Principal Characters: Rio Gonzaga, Pucha Gonzaga, Freddie Gonzaga, Severo Alacran, “Baby” Rosario Alacran, General Nicasio Ledesma, Joey Sands, Boy-Boy, Orlando “Romeo” Rosales, Trinidad Gamboa, Lolita Luna, Daisy Consuelo Avila, Senator Domingo Avila, The President, The First Lady, Cora Camacho, Clarita Avila, Rainer
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Postcolonial literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, Class conflict, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Prostitution or prostitutes, Rape, Asia or Asians, Violence, Adultery, Assassination, Corruption, Cruelty, Guerrillas or guerrilla warfare, Nightclubs, Torture, Asian Americans, Civil wars, Philippines or Filipinos
- Locales: Manila, Philippines
The Novel
Dogeaters is a fragmented, fast-paced, multicharactered novel that demands extreme concentration on the reader’s part. The first half of the book, entitled “Coconut Palace,” is a wild panache of seemingly unconnected narratives, beginning with the privileged adolescent cousins Rio and Pucha Gonzaga attending films and listening to the radio serial Love Letters. The plot shifts to the powerful and politically influential Alacran household, from which oldest daughter Baby elopes. A third shift focuses on the sordid life of Joey Sands, a drug abuser...
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