EATING FIRE AND DRINKING WATER/A novel set during the martial lew years

   

     A P99.00 pocketbook authored by Arlene J. Chai, purchased last Saturday at the National Bookstore at SM Baguio. Setting is the Philippines during the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos. The narrator is a journalist who reports on the event and the circumstances of her lineage. The country is not name and neither is the dictator.  Getting insight for "The Ghost Writer," an Ilokano novel of Architect Julio Belmes now being translated into English by the blogger. Deadline for submission may be towards the end of November this year. An Australian publisher is interested in the book, according to the author who is rushing the last chapters.