Filipino author Miguel Syjuco has won the Man Asian Literary Prize for ILUSTRADO, a about “a young Filipino caught within a notorious scandal spanning over the Philippine history.” The judges said it “seems to us to possess formal ambition, linguistic inventiveness and sociopolitical insight in the most satisfying measure. Brilliantly conceived, and stylishly executed, it covers a large and tumultuous historical period with seemingly effortless skill. It is also ceaselessly entertaining, frequently raunchy, and effervescent with humor.”Prize site
