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The Singalong Tribe
The callboys of the Singalong Pension work with one aim in to escape the poverty and hardship in Manila. Amid the squalor that tourists consider exotic, the boys only have their bodies and their cunning to keep themselves alive. Yet the Singalong Tribe is fomenting its own Jojo and Zac have seen enough to drive them into action. Vividly set in the Philippines, this is a story of money, sex, and the quest for social justice.
182 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1986
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October 14, 2024
When I first picked this book, I thought this was about one of the indigenous tribes of Philippines. Of course I was wrong.
The Singalong Tribe is about the people who lived in the Singalong pension in Manila. Pension houses are sort of lodging with few amenities and thus more affordable.
The people in the pension houses are mostly callboys who want to escape the poverty and hardship in Manila. Set in the Philippines of the 70s, it is a brutal and honest tale of money, sex, love and rebellion.
It's a hard hitting novel. It is difficult to read about the lives of the callboys and the things they have to endure for money. This is a highly underrated book (I don't see any reviews even on Goodreads) It did bring me closer to Philippines.
The Singalong Tribe is about the people who lived in the Singalong pension in Manila. Pension houses are sort of lodging with few amenities and thus more affordable.
The people in the pension houses are mostly callboys who want to escape the poverty and hardship in Manila. Set in the Philippines of the 70s, it is a brutal and honest tale of money, sex, love and rebellion.
It's a hard hitting novel. It is difficult to read about the lives of the callboys and the things they have to endure for money. This is a highly underrated book (I don't see any reviews even on Goodreads) It did bring me closer to Philippines.
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