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  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409098119
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240

Trash





The tie-in edition of the critically acclaimed novel. Uplifting and heartwarming, TRASH is a story that will touch the world.

NOW A MAJOR FILM BY STEPHEN DALDRY AND RICHARD CURTIS

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 and 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...

  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781409098119
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240

About the author

Andy Mulligan

Andy Mulligan was brought up in the south of London. He worked as a theatre director for ten years before travels in Asia prompted him to retrain as a teacher. He has taught English and drama in India, Brazil, the Philippines and the UK. He now divides his time between London and Manila.

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Praise for Trash

A superbly original tale

The Sun

One of my favourite novels of 2010, now in paperback with a new cover look. Reminiscent of Slumdog Millionaire, three dumpsite boys take on the world in this gripping and intensely moving story . . . Harrowing, exhilarating, humbling and quite brilliant

The Bookseller

Outstanding, hotly anticipated thriller . . . an exceptionally satisfying plot

The Times

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