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Bryony Lau
Bryony Lau researches and writes about politics, migration, and conflict in Southeast Asia.
Fiction
August 29, 2022
In Filipino Politics, What Is Fact and What Is Fiction?
A novel by Miguel Syjuco,
I Was the President’s Mistress!!
, deconstructs the spectacle of celebrity, corruption, and polyphony that defines the nation’s political contests.
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