Dream Jungle

Praise for Dream Jungle:“Masterly … [Hagedorn’s] best book since Dogeaters.” —The New York Times Book Review “With her flair for evoking place, her ability to construct strong, believable characters and a keen sense of both the political and the cultural impact of America on the Philippines, Hagedorn has woven a deft and complex tale of corruption, fealty and integrity.” —The Baltimore Sun “A richly intriguing study of flamboyant ambition and the politics of corruption … Hagedorn’s prose has the exciting ring of the new … she has the gift of making the surreal intimate, yet ringed in circles of strangeness, violence and beauty… Dream Jungle creates a compelling symphony of voices and yet is one voice … delivering the emotional charge of politics, race, and class.” —The Seattle Times “Hagedorn offers a rich immediacy of detail and characters … [she] is a trustworthy guide, her navigation from the depths of the jungle to the seediest corners of Manila to the ostentatious mansions lining the city’s so-called ‘Hollywood Hills’ is so assured that the juxtaposition of these places, however surreal, seems as perfectly rational as a dream.” —San Francisco Chronicle“As beautiful as summer, as unforgettable as heartbreak … [A] luminous performance.” —Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Jessica Hagedorn is the author of the novels Dogeaters and The Gangster of Love, Dream Jungle, and a collection of poetry and short fiction, Danger and Beauty.