Riverrun

"I am a fan of the works of Danton Remoto." - Junot Diaz, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for the novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"Set during the Marcos years, rich in childhood memories of local customs, myths and food. A compelling and entertaining coming-of-age memoir about a Filipino young man's discovery of his sexuality." - Suchen Christine Lim, Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize and the South East Asia Write Award
"Danton Remoto is an accomplished writer whose fiction is marked by elegant and intense language. I am also impressed with the social concern in his writing, wrought well in images so clear it is like seeing pebbles resting at the bottom of a pond." - Sir Stephen Spender, Winner of the Golden PEN Award, Appointed as United States Poet Laureate
"Danton Remoto is such a wonderful writer. In Riverrun: A Novel, he writes about the tropical Catholic magic that saves and destroys." - Tiphanie Yanique, Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award and the Flaherty Dunnan Prize for the novel Land of Love and Drowning
"I like the passion and the intensity in the fiction of Danton Remoto. Most importantly, I like the fact that he writes with heartwhich is the only way to write." Bienvenido N. Santos, Winner of the American Book Award for Scent of Apples and Other Stories, Winner of the South East Asia Write Award
"Danton Remoto is one of the Philippines' best writers." The Age of Melbourne
"The exquisite writings of Danton Remoto form part of the Philippines' new heart." James Hamilton-Paterson, Winner of the Whitbread Award for the Novel, UK, author of the acclaimed novel, Cooking with Fernet Branca
"The fiction of Danton Remoto is part of South East Asia's literature of dissent. He writes with clarity and compassion about growing up in a region that is in never-ending ferment." Asiaweek Magazine