小說/散文

Patron Saints of Nothing(EXP)*
出版社： Penguin Putnam Inc.
書林書號：
20260835
作者：
Ribay, Randy
定價：
385
會員價：
$327
ISBN：
9781984814722
出版年份：
2020
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
352
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【在"正義"下的難民，挖掘真相是平反還是徒然】Patron Saints of Nothing, by Randy Ribay

Jay是個菲裔美國高中生，原本打算要玩線上遊戲來度過升上密西根大學前的最後一個高中暑假，但卻意外發現他菲律賓的表親Jun竟然在杜特蒂全國掃毒戰期間被殺害，然而家人們卻對此事絕口不提，究竟死亡的背後隱藏什麼，遺憾與好奇心驅使Jay決定搭飛機親自去菲律賓查明真相。Jay為了找出Jun與掃毒事件的關聯，除了深入了解Jun以外，還認識了出生後便離開的家鄉、從未謀面的家族成員與菲律賓複雜的政治文化，便漸漸發現了這整件恐怖的事實以及－Jun在其中扮演的角色...

結合真實史實與懸疑推理，透過閱讀虛構的故事來拓增國際觀，菲律賓強權杜特蒂掃毒的議題不只與毒品犯罪有關，更與人權、貧富差距、執法過當、全球經濟等問題環環相扣，看似遙遠的事件卻產生蝴蝶效應影響世界。

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

"Brilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and soul-healing." --Laurie Halse Anderson, author of SHOUT 

"A singular voice in the world of literature." --Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way Down

A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder.

Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story.

Hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to his death, Jay is forced to reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth -- and the part he played in it.

As gripping as it is lyrical, Patron Saints of Nothing is a page-turning portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity.
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