A supporter holds pictures of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda Marcos at a Philippine presidential election campaign rally in Metro Manila. Photo: Getty Images
‘The big lie of the Marcoses …’ For Filipino novelist Miguel Syjuco, reality is uncomfortably close to his satire about a Philippines presidential election
- Novelist’s second book, I Was the President’s Mistress!! sends up a scandal-plagued government and a succession of corrupt Philippines statesmen in bawdy style
- His satire is not without hope but he fears it comes too late to dissuade Filipinos from voting into power ‘inept’, ‘big-mouth liar’ Ferdinand Marcos Jnr
A supporter holds pictures of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda Marcos at a Philippine presidential election campaign rally in Metro Manila. Photo: Getty Images
