BCB Dogeaters

An original, raw, and wild novel that has held its power and demands to be read.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer

Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and Winner of the American Book Award

Jessica Hagedorn is the recipient of The Before Columbus Foundation’s 2024 American Book Award Lifetime Achievement Award

A classic and influential story—often considered “the quintessential Filipino American novel” (The Nation)—centered on the cultural and political stakes of life in the Marcos-era Philippines


A Penguin Classic

Welcome to Manila in the turbulent period of the Philippines’ late dictator. It is a world in which American pop culture and local Filipino tradition mix flamboyantly and gossip, storytelling, and extravagant behavior thrive.