The BangBang Boys: A Novel

After the brutal drug raid of a back-alley gay spa in Manila, the boys who make it out alive must decide what kind of men they want to become—and what they’ll risk—in this steamy crime saga.

The Philippines, 2016. Rodrigo Duterte has been elected president and his bloody war on drugs is revving up. Assassins on motorbikes rove the streets, killing in broad daylight. Dealers. Users. Suspects. Anyone.

But inside BangBang Touch, that turmoil is kept at bay. Bathed in neon lights, men from acro...