00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685523046126120748 Buklod 20260319130715.0 m |o d | ta 260319t20222022ph r |||| u|eng d 9786214482092 (Softbound/Paperback) DMLF rda eng DMLUC PS 9993 B388 A76 2022 Bengan, John author. Armor stories John Bengan. Quezon City Bughaw [2022] ©2022 viii, 224 pages 21 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Terror, longing, and defiance recur in these thirteen stories about people trying “to live happily every so often” despite the prevalence of summary executions, the megalomania of a once and future strongman, and the indifference of witnesses. In one story, a Death Squad recruit goes on his first day on the job. In another, a drug user joins a Miss Gay beauty pageant perhaps for the last time. Meanwhile, a vigilante mayor disguised as a taxi driver prowls the city at night. Armor reintroduces, beyond the spin doctors and personality cults, a locality that recent events in the country have made more recognizable. Set mostly in Davao from the late ’90s to a not too distant time, this debut collection distills what turned out to be the beginnings of a larger catastrophe. Philippine fiction (English) Drug abuse and crime Fiction. Historical fiction, Philippine (English) Philippines History Fiction. FI UPD DMLF PS 9993 B388 A76 2022 Book