This book stitches together Danton Remoto’s essays from over the last thirty years to form a patchwork quilt dyed in the hues of déjà vu. Here is London during the time of Thatcher, and London thirty years later; the Philippines in its times of ferment; the campuses and cities of the United States; the kampung and megamalls of Kuala Lumpur. A memorable gallery of characters abound: overseas Filipino workers pining for home, young men and women striding into their destinies, foreigners in another country. Written with elegance and elan, this book explores issues of race, class, and the diaspora in Remoto’s trademark style: light but not lightweight, conversational and breezy.
