Ilustrado

Name: Ilustrado
Brand: Pan Macmillan UK
Price: 30.99 AUD
Availability: PreOrder

By: Miguel Syjuco

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Paperback | 12 November 2026

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Paperback

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19.8 x 12.9

Paperback

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Available: 12th November 2026

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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. Missing, too, is the only manuscript of his final book - meant to rescue him from obscurity by exposing the corrupt roots of power behind the Filipino ruling families.

His student, Miguel, is suspicious of the suicide verdict. He investigates: first sifting through the dead man's work for clues, then journeying from New York to Manila, seeking out family, colleagues, and anyone who might hold pieces of the puzzle. He scours Salvador's poetry, stories, interviews, novels, and memoirs, and patterns emerge from these literary fragments: a generations-long saga of revolution, familial duty, political intrigue, and a people's enduring struggle against their own worst tendencies.

Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.

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