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