-Brilliant . . . Miguel Syjuco is his country-s most original and unflinching literary voice.- -Salman Rushdie
-It-s a rare novel that leaves you reeling simultaneously with admiration, exhaustion, amazement at its author-s reach and skill, and desolation at the world it spreads out before you . . . [A] raging protest of a book.- -James Lasdun, The New York Times Book Review (Editors- Choice)
From Miguel Syjuco, the winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize for Ilustrado, I Was the President''s Mistress!! is an unflinching satire about power, corruption, sex, and all the other topics you were told never to discuss in polite company.
How much would you sacrifice for what you believe?
Is what you believe even true?
And what if you secretly recorded the crimes of your once-trusted lover-who also happens to be the president?
For Vita Nova, introverted megastar, such a conundrum could ruin everything
