Journal of a Lockdown, 17 August 2020. A Burning is so urgent and compelling, I thought it was set in Manila.

You are living in a slum with your ailing parents. You work at a shop in a mall, and life is hard but you can support your family and you’re okay. You’ve just bought a smartphone and you can sneak a cigarette now and then. There is a terrorist attack on a train, and because […]