One of the highlights of this year’s Manila International Book Fair for me was meeting Alexander Yates, author of the novel Moondogs.
I’d started Moondogs some days before I was scheduled to interview him, but it was quite a hectic book fair for me (lurking in the bargain bins did not help!) and I came to over a hundred pages by the time I sat down to do the interview.
But the hundred pages were enough to capture my attention. It was quite intriguing tale thus far: a kidnapping plot involving an evil rooster, a villainous cab driver, and a rich American businessman; a US Embassy officer leading a secret life; and a highly talented (if ragtag) special operations unit — all in one very familiar setting: the Philippines.