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Jan 1, 2008 · Ilustrado. Miguel Syjuco. 3.36. 2,627 ratings340 reviews. 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.
Oct 28, 2011 · Syjuco, Miguel, 1976-. Publication date. 2010. Topics. Authors, Filipino, Murder. Publisher. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
Jun 11, 2010 · His researcher and acolyte, Miguel Syjuco, is determined to discover the cause of Salvador’s death — suicide or murder? — and find the manuscript of a book Salvador had been working on for ...
Ilustrado. Illustrado begins with the death of the mentor of a Filipino expatriate Miguel Syjuco named Crispin Salvador. In the novel, Syjuco returns to the Philippines to write a biography about him.
His student, Miguel, investigates, journeying home from a city still in shock from terrorist attacks to a country caught between reckless decay and desperate progress. To understand his...
Apr 27, 2010 · Miguel Syjuco's debut novel, Ilustrado, opens with Crispin Salvador, lion of Philippine letters, dead in the Hudson River.
Jan 1, 2013 · Ilustrado opens with Crispin Salvador, lion of Philippine letters, dead in the Hudson River. His young acolyte, Miguel, sets out to investigate the author’s suspicious death and the strange...