Thriller, mystery

Blue Angel, White Shadow: A Novel

By Charlson Ong

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Twenty-five-year-old lounge singer Laurice Saldiaga is found dead in her room at the Blue Angel Caf? and Bar in Binondo, Manila?s Chinatown. Inspector Cyrus Ledesma, a Chinese mestizo cop with a dark past is assigned to investigate the matter. The bar owner, Antonio Cobianco, is a known associate of Mayor Lagdameo Go-Lopez. Ledesma walks into a cauldron of intrigues, labyrinths, crumbling edifices, dogfights and suspects that include a jaded, whiskey-drinking female bar manager, a psychic journalist, a dyslexic piano player, a quick-trigger pit bull owner, an aging saxophone player, and Cyrus? own uncle, Police Chief Ruben Jacinto.

Publisher: "Charlson Ong has published several collections of short fiction including Men of the East and Other Stories, Woman of AmKaw and Other Stories, Conversion and Other Fictions, A Tropical Winter?s Tale and Other Stories. He has also written novels such as Embarrassment of Riches (Philippine Centennial Literary Prize), Banyaga, A Song of War (National Book Award) and Of That Other Country We Now Speak and Other Stories. He was born, raised, and continues to live in Manila."
Year: 2010
Category: Fiction - Novel
Language: English
Pages count: 240
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Dimensions: 14.5 x 22.5 cm
ISBN: 978-971-506-568-9
Keywords: "Suspense, Detective/murder mystery, Binondo Chinatown"
Awards: Best Novel in English - National Book Award