But I think my books have emerged from much later experiences – the wildness of teaching overseas, and – in the case of ‘Trash’ – the enormity of meeting street kids.

Mulligan wrote Trash in just 10 days (during which he wrote for 10 hours every day) while living in Manila.Raphael’s life changes, however, when he discovers a bag belonging to a man named José Angelico, which contains clues to a stolen fortune. Esaretin Bedeli’ndeki Andy Dufresne’nin, 500 metrelik atık tünelinde ilerleyip Pasifik’te temizlenmesi gibi. They go to the top of Rat's old conveyor belt home and release fistfuls of money, letting five and half million dollars blow over Behala.

Despite the boys’ lack of education, they’re able to outwit the police, find the stolen fortune, and distribute it in Behala for the poorest of the poor to find, just as José Angelico wished. Wonderful - an exciting story with engaging characters told in a clever way with spare but lyrical prose . It is a confronting tale of the corruption of power and the implications of this on the poorest of the poor, yet for all the gravity and unpleasantness of the content, the relative refinement with which it is told makes it more like a clear and realistic history lesson than the sickening shock of a slap in the face. A man named Father Juilliard narrates a section of the book and reveals that he has compiled the various accounts from the characters.

Rat receives his nickname because of the rats he lives among and because of his resemblance to the creatures.