ALEX GARLAND

THE TESSERACT, 1998, Viking, 1999, Penguin Books

As night falls in Manila, Sean waits for gangster Don Pepe in a deserted, roach-infested hotel. He could die tonight, and anyone who strays into his path could end up dead too: A Filipino family in the suburbs, a gang of street kids...In a few hours their destinies will violently collide.

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