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Pepsi and Maria
Author(s): Adam Zameenzad (Author)
- Publisher: Arcadia Books Ltd
- Publication Date: April 1, 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 317 pages
- ISBN-10: 1904559069
- ISBN-13: 9781904559061
Book Description
Pepsi is a smart street kid - his mother is dead and his father has disowned him. So he makes it his mission to return the kidnapped Maria to her rubbish-tip home. But to do so he has to escape the sadistic policeman Caddy, who is on a crusade to rid the city of the `filth' of street children. The urchins' zest for life and beauty ensures that their dramatic story, despite the brutal reality of their lives, is both uplifting and exhilarating.
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About the Author
Adam Zameenzad was born in Pakistan and spent his early childhood in Nairobi. His previous novels have been published to great acclaim in many languages, and include The Thirteenth House (Winner of the David Higham Prize); My Friend Matt and Hena the Whore (film rights sold to Franc Roddam, director of Quadrophenia); Love, Bones and Water; Cyrus Cyrus (longlisted for the Booker Prize); Gorgeous White Female. This is his sixth novel.
