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[^1]\n\nAlfred 'Krip' Yuson's novel 'The Great Philippine Jungle Energy Café' was first published in 1988 by the Book Development Association of the Philippines as the grand prize winner for a novel-writing contest. [^2]\n\nAlfred Yuson's novel 'The Great Philippine Jungle Energy Café' is credited with ushering the Philippine novel into the world of metafiction by extending the breadth and depth of Philippine writing. [^3]\n\nThe publishing house Exploding Galaxies is reprinting classics of Philippine literature, including Wilfrido Nolledo's 'But for the Lovers' and Alfred Yuson's 'The Great Philippine Jungle Energy Café'. [^4]\n\nThe author illustrates his point by noting that while many aspire to be Major League Baseball players or Nobel Prize winners, only a limited number of people can actually reach those specific pedestals. 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