'Brilliantly conceived, and stylishly executed, Ilustrado
covers a large and tumultuous historical period with seemingly
effortless skill. It is also ceaselessly entertaining, frequently
raunchy, and effervescent with humour'
Judges of the 2008 Man Asian Literary
Prize
'Miguel Syjuco's dizzyingly energeticand inventive novel views
his native Philippines with a merciless yet loving eye, its chords
of voices illuminating the many facets of this chaotic,,
complicated country. An ambitious and admirabledebut'
Janice Y. K. Lee,author of The Piano Teacher
'Vulnerable and mischievous, sophisticated and naive, Ilustrado
explores the paradoxes that come with the search for identity and
throws readers into the fragile space between self-pursuit and
self-destruction . . . Elegiac, thoughtful and original'
Colin McAdam, author of Fall and Some Great Thing