Twenty-five-year-old Carmen Maranan is the newest member of the notorious Ativan Gang, a group of scammers in Manila who befriend solo tourists. A college dropout, Carmen is desperate to see her mother, Nicole, who now lives with her new family in Hue City, Vietnam. When Carmen flees Manila for Hue, she meets Hai, a receptionist, tout, and part-time pimp. Ambitious and driven, Hais goal is to be rich and run his own hotel. This dream feels closer when Hai crosses paths with Marina, a wealthy Singaporean yearning for a new life and love. Told from the points of view of Carmen, Hai, and Marina, Hue City brings you deep into the soul of Southeast Asiafrom the faded, enigmatic streets of Vietnams former capital Hue to the fraught, gritty drags of Manila and the gleaming, cosmopolitan environs of Singaporeas it reveals their intertwined journeys along the treacherous and sometimes heartbreaking path to starting over. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9789815144277 BY (AUTHOR) Guzman, Claire Betita de PUBLISHER : Penguin Random House SEA PUBLICATION DATE : July 31, 2024 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : Singapore IMPRINT : Penguin Books LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 234 mm x 155 mm WEIGHT : 382 g PRODUCT CATEGORY :Fiction & Related items