TY - BOOK AU - Jose, Francisco Sionil. TI - Gagamba: the spider man SN - 971884533X [paperback] PY - 2006/// CY - 531 Padre Faura, Ermita Manila, Philippines PB - Solidaridad Publishing House KW - Fiction N2 - Summary: GAGAMBA, the cripple, sells sweepstakes tickets the whole day at the entrance to Camarin, the Ermita restaurant. He sees them all- the big men, politicians, journalists, generals, landlords, and the handsome call-girls who have made Camarin famous. In mid-July 1990, a killer earthquake struck and entombed all the beautiful people dining at the Camarin. Gagamba could have easily gotten killed- but he survived the earthquake, as do two other lucky people who were burried in the rubble. ER -