An interview between author Miguel Syjuco and critic Marcel Avellaneda.

Miguel Syjuco talks us through the plot of Ilustrado, his debut novel.

Miguel Syjuco talks about the quotes that inspire him.

Ilustrado uses fragments of various writing (excerpts from essays, memoir, poetry, blogs, short stories, bawdy jokes, straight narrative, etc.).

"A dazzling and virtuosic adventure in reading… The narrative is organised with immense confidence and skill…

Miguel talks us through the various notebooks he used while writing Ilustrado.

Find out what everyone is saying about Ilustrado in our reviews round-up.

How do you invent a novel, a famous novelist, and an entire country's imagined literature? Miguel's American publishers asked him that very question.

Listen to Miguel to the BBC World Service about Ilustrado.

Miguel talks us through where he wrote Ilustrado and shows us his Star Trek chair.

New York artist Ward Sutton has created incredible illustrated review of Miguel Syjuco's debut novel Ilustrado.