The author's fictionalized recollections of his youth in the Philippines and a mosaic of adventures and misadventures. "Drama Queen" - a reality radio show celebrated the tragedies of contestants and rewarded the saddest of all with few pieces of bread and supply of a cheap cold ointment. Normal-minded women spilled their guts in public for such lowly rewards. "Love Has Wings" touches on an environmental and political disaster in a Spratly Island-like...