Trash

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The concept was neat. It was a mystery which I don't usually enjoy, but I did want to find out what happened at the end. One day, he finds a bag with something inside that will change his world most completely. With his friends Gardo and Rat (his real name being Jun-Jun) he goes to find out exactly what it is he found in this bag. And what he'll find will be something much, much bigger than he ever thought and which will endanger his life. Andy Mulligan: we stepped through the wardrobe for a moment into what was, to us, an upside down made fantasy world of grimness. Photograph: PR

Yani aslında, kahverengiden maviye uzanan bir yol hikâyesi Çöplük. Pisliğin içinden başlayıp denizde bitiyor. Esaretin Bedeli’ndeki Andy Dufresne’nin, 500 metrelik atık tünelinde ilerleyip Pasifik’te temizlenmesi gibi... Carnegie shortlist includes Andy Mulligan's controversial Trash". Alison Flood. guardian.co.uk 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-07. When I sat down to write Trash I kept one book on my desk: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. I wanted to write something as short, serious and wonderful. Okay, I didn’t succeed – but John Boyne’s book kept me going when I lost my way, and reminded me to work harder, because children’s fiction needs a bit of toughness. I wrote for 10 hours a day, but the ending eluded me – the boys would succeed, of course… but what would be their grand gesture? Andy Mulligan was brought up in South 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 Britain, India, Brazil and the Philippines.For me, it was a waste of time reading it. Would I put it in my class library? Maybe (if I didn't have to pay for the actual book). I say maybe because I could see low level boys enjoying it.

The name is derived from the fact that the two million tonnes of waste, when in the process of decomposition, creates too high temperature that the mountain appears to be smoking or in fire. I had no chance to be there but my Sociology professor in the 80's told us in class that the houseflies were as big as dragonflies.The senator was smart. I was stupid. In this country you pay for being stupid, just as you pay for being poor.” Mulligan's writing is crystal clear: each voice is unique, telling the story as it happens from a different of point of view, which gives credibility and depth and sets an incredible pace. Andy Mulligan’ın Çöplük isimli romanını yukarıdaki paragrafla özetlemek mümkün aslında. Ancak bu özet, doğru olduğu kadar eksik de. Her şeyden önce, müthiş kurgusuna, çarpıcı gerçekçiliğine ve karakterlerinin derinliğine yapılacak bir haksızlık. 2012 yılında Carnegie Madalyası finalisti de olan Çöplük, gerçekten de temelde bu hikâyeyi anlatıyor; fakat özele inildiğinde, yansıttığı perspektifin, çöp dağları gibi çok katmanlı olduğunu kolayca görülüyor. Many of them had never seen a school, but spoke three languages. Their maths was impeccable, and without wishing to overdo the long-distance glamour, they displayed a survival instinct and a strength I found humbling.