Sin (José novel)

Sin: A Novel, also known as Sins, is a 1973 politico-historical novel written by Filipino National Artist F. Sionil José. This particular work of literature features the History of the Philippines, for the most part spanning the twentieth century, through the eyes of the "amoral" Don Carlos Cobello, a wealthy patriarch also known by the moniker "C.C.".

Being a part of that era, Cobello reaps most of what he sowed when he was already on his "deathbed". During this time, Cobello recalled the loves of his life, those that he had lost and longed for. A literary account of the "steady degradation" of the Philippines, Sin was described by Pico Iyer of The New York Times Book Review as a book" … set in the Philippines, this amorality tale shadows a rake's impenitent progress …"