Reviews
Praise for The Gangster of Love : "Playful, inventive . . . Asks serious questions about family, exile, identity, about the problems of learning to operate in another language." -- The New York Times Book Review "Hagedorn paints a lively portrait that in many ways is impressionistic . . . engrossing, unsentimental, and quite funny." -- The Washington Post " The Gangster of Love is more about journeys than destinations, and Hagedorn's steamy prose makes you happy to be along for the ride." -- Entertainment Weekly "This novel of Manila-meets-the-underground-American hip is high energy and moves full-speed ahead." -- New York Post "One of the most auspicious literary novels about the rock scene since Don DeLillo's Great Jones Street ." -- The Boston Globe "Engrossing . . . marked by a stunning lyrical elegance." -- Spin