The Mayor of Olongapo

By Hamlin Tallent

Book Overview

There's more than one kind of war...It's 1976, the height of the Cold War. Against a background of dueling superpowers, junior US naval aviator Jack "Blue" Morrison is paired with the hero of his fighter squadron for an unofficial mission. The two fly off their aircraft carrier to the Philippine port city of Olongapo to secure a custom-made gift for the ship's departing admiral.Home to countless nightclubs and thousands of hookers, Olongapo is an adult Disneyland. American dollars can buy anything, including lust. Blue is the envy of his friends aboard ship, but he's about to discover the dark side of paradise.But his carefully-regimented world changes when he meets Lori Santiago, a beautiful Filipina who steals his heart. To be with the woman he loves, Blue must throw tradition aside and confront the taboos of two different cultures. The resentments of his own commanders are nothing compared to the smoldering grudge that Lori's father holds against Americans.The Mayor of Olongapo is a tale of colliding cultures, an adventure of the human spirit that crosses through love and loss into personal transformation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640620680
• ISBN13: 9781640620681
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Braveship Books
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.9" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 17 years and up