National Bookstore invites you to the launch of TRASH by Andy Mulligan.
Meet and greet the author this Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 5 PM, at National Book Store Glorietta 5.
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TRASH is set in an unnamed third world country in the not distant future.
Raphael Fernandez is 14 years old and has spent his entire life living on a dumpsite, making a living picking through mountains of garbage, looking for anything that can be salvaged for money.
Raphael and his friends are referred to as “dumpsite boys.”
One day, one of the boys finds something very special and very mysterious, that he decides to keep it for himself, even when half the city police show up and offer a handsome reward for its return.
This decision brings with it furious and terrifying consequences. Raphael and his fellow “dumpsite boys’ will have no choice but to use all of their cunnings and courage to stay ahead of their corrupt and determined pursuers. It’s up to these boys, boys with nothing—no education, no parents, no home, no money—to solve the mystery and right a terrible wrong.
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Many early readers of TRASH remarked on the unexpected nature of the boys’ friendships.
Just when the reader is certain they will betray each other or leave the weakest link behind, the boys affirm their trust in each other. For when you have nothing, the only thing you have to lose is each other.
Andy Mulligan was brought up in South London and educated at Oxford University. He worked as a theater director for ten years, before travels in Asia prompted him to became as a teacher. He has taught English and Drama in Britain, India, Brazil and the Philippines. He now divides his time between London and Manila.
http://www.nationalbookstore.com.ph/
Meet and greet the author this Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 5 PM, at National Book Store Glorietta 5.
TRASH is set in an unnamed third world country in the not distant future.
Raphael Fernandez is 14 years old and has spent his entire life living on a dumpsite, making a living picking through mountains of garbage, looking for anything that can be salvaged for money.
Raphael and his friends are referred to as “dumpsite boys.”
One day, one of the boys finds something very special and very mysterious, that he decides to keep it for himself, even when half the city police show up and offer a handsome reward for its return.
This decision brings with it furious and terrifying consequences. Raphael and his fellow “dumpsite boys’ will have no choice but to use all of their cunnings and courage to stay ahead of their corrupt and determined pursuers. It’s up to these boys, boys with nothing—no education, no parents, no home, no money—to solve the mystery and right a terrible wrong.
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Many early readers of TRASH remarked on the unexpected nature of the boys’ friendships.
Just when the reader is certain they will betray each other or leave the weakest link behind, the boys affirm their trust in each other. For when you have nothing, the only thing you have to lose is each other.
Andy Mulligan was brought up in South London and educated at Oxford University. He worked as a theater director for ten years, before travels in Asia prompted him to became as a teacher. He has taught English and Drama in Britain, India, Brazil and the Philippines. He now divides his time between London and Manila.
http://www.nationalbookstore.com.ph/