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050 0 _aMLCM 93/08977 (P)
100 1 _aJosé, F. Sionil
_q(Francisco Sionil),
_d1924-
240 0 0 _aGagamba
245 0 0 _aGagamba, the spider man
_cF. Sionil José
260 _aManila, Philippines
_bSolidaridad Pub. House
_cc1991
300 _a121 p.
_c23 cm
520 _aGagamba, the cripple, sells sweepstakes tickets the whole day at the entrance to Camarin, the Ermita restaurant. He sees them all--the big men, politicians, journalists, generals, landlords, and the handsome call-girls who have to make Camarin famous. In mid-July 1990, a killer earthquake struck and entombed all the beautiful people dining at the Camarin. Gagamba could have easily gotten killed--but he survived the earthquake, as do two other luck people who were burried in the rubble As told by the Philippines' most widely translated author, this novel raises the same time the only rational answer.
651 0 _aPhilippines
_xFiction.
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