All The Conspirators Author:Carlos Bulosan All the Conspirators, now available in the United States for the first time since Carlos Bulosan wrote the novel over fifty years ago, provides a vivid portrait of postwar Philippines that retains its timeliness and its power to disturb. In this mystery thriller set at the end of World War II, American Gar Stanley returns to his native Philip... more »pines in order to help his childhood sweetheart locate her missing husband, Clem, who mysteriously disappeared during an ambush by Japanese troops. With Clem’s ring as the only clue, Gar moves from the streets of Manila to the mountains of Baguio, from mansions to hovels, bordellos to churches, posh nightclubs to Igorot huts. He pursues and is pursued by bankers and hoboes, warriors and thugs, matrons and nightclub singers. Gar quickly realizes that in this war-ravaged country, no one is who they seem, and he must struggle to stay one step ahead of the conspirators before they silence his friend and destroy those who uncover their secrets.« less