Juan Bacnang dela Cruz III is familiar to many Filipinos. He is urbane, approachable, a lover of the good life and women and kindly towards his fellowmen. He is also very rich, heir to a vast family fortune, an entrepreneur and innovator. As the latest allegorical creation of the Philippines’ most widely translated author, Juan Bacnang dela Cruz III illustrates vividly the raw power as it operates in this country, unknown or glossed over by the Philipinos themselves. Already known for his searing criticism of injustice and inequities.