The novel “Trash” by Andy Mulligan is a riveting story about relationships, poverty, corruption, police brutality and survival.
In Mulligans novel, the serious, unfair and brutal issue of corruption within the discussed society is shown through the violent and merciless brutality of the police force. There is a great deal of trauma and pain felt by the three main characters in the novel Raphael, Gardo and Rat (Jun-Jun), and the people who look after and transport to various destinations them throughout the novel. One example is when Raphael is taken and questioned by the police, and then brutally attacked by the police, who nearly left him to die, but reverted at the last