DEAD SEASON: A Story of Murder and Revenge on the Philippine Island of Negros

by Alan Berlow

This gripping investigation of a savage murder on the Philippine island of Negros illuminates the tangled and violent interplay of colonialism's legacy. As Alan Berlow investigates the murder, he discovers the ultimate cause imbedded in the history and culture of a society locked into cycles of violent conflict behind a facade of democratic government.

302 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Bryan Thomas Schmidt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Highly compelling and clearly well researched with strong writing, nonetheless, I found the organization of the book made it hard to follow sometimes. Instead of following a linear timeline the author skips around and that given the already confusing and unclear circumstances of the cases involved makes it difficult to put the pieces together in some kind of coherent fashion at times. Certainly the cultural and social economic data is very interesting and revealing but comparisons to murder mystery novels are just people being kind. Although it’s true crime, there’s just too much missing for this to be a fully realized murder mystery of any kind. It’s definitely about murders but it’s very mysterious and there is no real answer or culprit revealed.