{"product_id":"i-was-the-presidents-mistress-9781250863133","title":"I Was the President's Mistress!!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant . . . Miguel Syjuco is his country's most original and unflinching literary voice.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Miguel Syjuco, the winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize for \u003ci\u003eIlustrado\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Was the President's Mistress!!\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching satire about power, corruption, sex, and all the other topics you were told never to discuss in polite company.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow much would you sacrifice for what you believe? \u003cbr\u003eIs what you believe even true? \u003cbr\u003eAnd what if you secretly recorded the crimes of your once-trusted lover--who also happens to be the president? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Vita Nova, introverted megastar, such a conundrum could ruin \u003ci\u003eeverything\u003c\/i\u003e. All she ever wished for was a quiet life as the Philippines' most-liked influencer, famous for her viral dance hit, the Mr. Sexy-Sexy--yet now somehow she's headlining a rollicking impeachment and battle royal for power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these previously unreleased transcripts, collected by the ghostwriter of her tell-all memoir, Vita rips the bodice of society to bare her own heaving story. But some of her former lovers tell it differently, asking us: \"Who's more sinful, the seduced or the seductress?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou are cordially invited to this year's biggest scandal. Will Vita prevail? Will she even survive? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his signature style--playful, provocative, hilarious, insightful--Miguel Syjuco animates thirteen indelible voices in this dizzying tale of democracy in peril. But this isn't a book about the Philippines; it's about a society uncannily like yours. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Was the President's Mistress!!\u003c\/i\u003e is both an indictment of the violent potential of language and an electrifying defense of free speech. Come, confront today's last taboos and hurtle headlong into love, sex, ambition, politics, faith--and the war over who will tell the stories the world will know as truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250863133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Miguel Syjuco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729535766709,"sku":"9781250863133","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_14b7194a-756b-4601-bd74-57f119998f14.jpg?v=1675803305","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-was-the-presidents-mistress-9781250863133","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}