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The Tesseract

Author(s): Alex Garland

Location(s): Manila

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1990s

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The Tesseract is a 1998 English-language novel by Alex Garland. The story intertwines the lives of Manila gangsters, mothers and street children. The novel chronicles numerous characters in non-linear storylines and explores themes of love, adultery, fate, violence, power, and choices. (Wikipedia)

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This really is a multilayered novel which deals with the socio-economic and political problems of society in the Philippines. I read it whilst staying at a hotel on Roxas Boulevard, Manila and just got...

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