Hue City

By Claire Betita de Guzman

A STORY ABOUT THE TREACHEROUS YET REWARDING PATH TO STARTING OVER SET IN THE ENIGMATIC STREETS OF HUE, SINGAPORE, AND MANILA.

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, Hai's 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 Asia--from the faded, enigmatic streets of Vietnam's former capital Hue to the fraught, gritty drags of Manila and the gleaming, cosmopolitan environs of Singapore--as it reveals their intertwined journeys along the treacherous and sometimes heartbreaking path to starting over.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9815144278
• ISBN13: 9789815144277
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"