Praise for Yñiga Winner of the 2024 Philippine National Book Award "Between the interlocking scenes of beauty and horror runs a magic that only Diaz can create out of thin air, subtle in some places, maniacal in others. A marvel of political storytelling." --2024 Philippine National Book Award Judges' Citation "With lyrical yet profound narration, with characters who sometimes bear the weight of history, and with rare sensitivity, Diaz pulls us into a narrative current that appears calm on the surface but conceals dangerous whirlpools beneath." --Eka Kurniawan, author of Beauty is a Wound "A visceral, unforgettable journey into one woman's fraught familial legacy of disappearance and resistance, as well as a deeply poignant meditation on nation-building itself." --Elaine Castillo, author of Moderation "Glenn Diaz sees corruption and its paradoxes embedded in a cultural dynamic perpetually at play between power and survival. With great depth of vision and masterful prose, he puts us in touch not only with imported violence but with a local resistance heroically determined to better its condition." --Brian Castro, author of Chinese Postman "Diaz's fierce and articulate intellect dazzles in his very evocative and at times funny but most deadpan and wry prose. He has captured the often absurd and peculiar life in the Philippines with a fond but critical eye.

" -- The Asian Review of Books.