“Filipino” alert
“So, in corner number one there was Challah, alone, smoking, ashing; in corner number two we have a pair of engineering students, a heavyset and demonstrably gay Filipino practicing hypnosis on a very loud and impressionable man half his age (“You are Jim Morrison. . .I am Jim Morrison!”). . .” – The Russian Debutante’s Handbook by Gary Shteyngart
(Photo: Saffy sulking after papy loses in 3rd round of Australian Open.)
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January 22nd, 2007 at 15:28
Pitching in:
I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but parts of Denis Johnson’s novel ‘Fiskadoro’ (1985) are set in the Philippines during the Vietnam war.
(Also, he supposedly lived in Manila as a kid.)
January 23rd, 2007 at 03:40
David Sedaris mentions the Philippine Eagle