But for the LoversIn the 25 years since its original publication, But for the Lovers has acquired an underground reputation as one of the most remarkable novels about World War II, doing for the Pacific war theater what Joseph Heller's Catch 22 did for the European one. Set in the Philippines, But for the Lovers depicts the survival of a cross section of Filipinos during the Japanese Occupation and the American Liberation. The cast is enormous, including an old man who