Trash - Hardcover

Mulligan, Andy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385619014 ISBN 13: 9780385619011

Publisher: David Fickling Books, 2010

Synopsis

In an unnamed Third World country, in the not-so-distant future, three "dumpsite boys" make a living picking through the mountains of garbage on the outskirts of a large city. One unlucky-lucky day, Raphael finds something very special and very mysterious. So mysterious that he decides to keep it, even when the city police offer a handsome reward for its return. That decision brings with it terrifying consequences, and soon the dumpsite boys must use all of their cunning and courage to stay ahead of their pursuers. It's up to Raphael, Gardo, and Rat--boys who have no education, no parents, no homes, and no money--to solve the mystery and right a terrible wrong. Andy Mulligan has written a powerful story about unthinkable poverty--and the kind of hope and determination that can transcend it. With twists and turns, unrelenting action, and deep, raw emotion, "Trash "is a heart-pounding, breath-holding novel.

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Product Description:

Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it.

Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of clues. It's a bag of hope. It's a bag that will change everything.

Soon Raphael and his friends Gardo and Rat are running for their lives. Wanted by the police, it takes all their quick-thinking, fast-talking to stay ahead. As the net tightens, they uncover a dead man's mission to put right a terrible wrong.

And now it's three street-boys against the world...

Review:

"One of the most exciting and original novels of the year . . . It's a tight, thrilling story, told from various characters' perspectives and has a Slumdog, ­feel-good pulse beating through it. A genuine treasure find" (Sally Morris The Daily Mail)

"Outstanding, hotly anticipated thriller . . . an exceptionally satisfying plot" (Amanda Craig The Times)

"Trash is a thriller with moral weight and a complex structure . . . Without ever moralising, Mulligan raises issues of corruption, poverty, waste and excess in an exciting, but also grimly sad tale" (Suzi Feay Financial Times)

"Great stuff: taut, plausible and thought-provoking" (Toby Clements Daily Telegraph)

"The story has an infectious energy . . . A highly entertaining and very satisfying book which should be recommended to all. It needs to be read" (Marilyn Brocklehurst Bookseller)

About this edition

• Publisher: David Fickling Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0385619014
• ISBN 13: 9780385619011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224