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Dogeaters

Dogeaters is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published in 1990. Hagedorn also adapted her novel into a play by the same name. Dogeaters, set in the late 1950s in Manila (the capital of the Philippines), addresses several social, political and cultural issues present in the Philippines during the 1950s.

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Author
Jessica Hagedorn
Genre
Novel
Publication date
March 1990
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Cover artist
Stephanie Bart-Horvath
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 20

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Dogeaters → Ameena Meer, American Book Award, Another, Filipino, Filipinos, Hagedorn, In, National Book Award, Philippine, Rachel Lee, The New York Times, The San Diego Union, This, United States, When
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Dogeaters → Hagedorn, ISBN, Jessica, Pantheon Books
Author · 1
Dogeaters → Jessica Hagedorn
Cover artist · 1
Dogeaters → Stephanie Bart-Horvath
Dewey Decimal · 1
Dogeaters → 813/.54 20
Genre · 1
Dogeaters → Novel
ISBN · 1
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Dogeaters → English
LC Class · 1
Dogeaters → PS3558.A3228 D64 1990

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DogeatersCover artistStephanie Bart-Horvath1.00infobox
DogeatersDewey Decimal813/.54 201.00infobox
DogeatersGenreNovel1.00infobox
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DogeatersLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
DogeatersLC ClassPS3558.A3228 D64 19901.00infobox
DogeatersMedia typePrint (hardback & paperback)1.00infobox
DogeatersOCLC200562811.00infobox
DogeatersPages251 pp (first edition, hardback)1.00infobox
DogeatersPublication dateMarch 19901.00infobox
DogeatersPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
DogeatersPublisherPantheon Books1.00infobox
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