Jessica Hagedorn - Dogeaters: A Play About the Philippines (Adapted from the Novel)

" As sharp and fast as a street boy's razor " (The New York Times Book Review), Dogeaters is an intense fictional portrayal of Manila in the heyday of Marcos, the Philippines' late dictator. In the center of this maelstrom is Rio, a feisty schoolgirl who will grow up to live in America and look back with longing on the land of her youth.