04 Aug / All the Conspirators by Carlos Bulosan, introduction by Caroline S. Hau and Benedict Anderson [in AsianWeek]
A pseudonymously penned mystery thriller from the chronicler of the early Filipino American experience, this “lost” work ironically follows the lives of three non-Filipinos. Nevertheless, Hau and Anderson establish the work as indeed that of Carlos Bulosan, best known for American Is in the Heart. Its publication falls serendipitously on the 75th anniversary of Bulosan’s immigration to the U.S. The volume, bookended by scholarly context and supporting evidence of authorship, is set in the Philippines just after World War II, and follows one man’s search for his best friend at the behest of the woman whom both men loved.
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, August 4, 2005
Readers: Adult
Published: 2005