Ilustrado, Miguel SyjucoGarnering international prizes and acclaim before its publication, Ilustrado has been called brilliantly conceived and stylishly executed . . . It is also ceaselessly entertaining, frequently raunchy, and effervescent with humor (2008 Man Asian Literary Prize panel of judges). It begins with a body. On a clear day in winter, the battered corpse of Crispin Salvador is pulled from the Hudson Rivertaken from the world is the controversial lion of