The book since its release by Random House in October 2023 has topped all bestselling lists. It documents the thousands of Filipinos killed by extrajudicial death squads and vigilantes during the administration of the president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte. It does more than report and record, it also tells the stories of families orphaned and left behind by the thousands dead. Here is the story of the book: from the author's compulsion to write it, all to the book tours worldwide the author has gone on and continues to take.

Patricia Evangelista

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