Pepsi and Maria - Softcover

Zameenzad, Adam

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34 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904559069 ISBN 13: 9781904559061

Publisher: Arcadia Books Ltd, 2004

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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.

Review:

'A beautifully crafted, multi-faceted book: a highly dramatic and gripping thriller and a searing indictment of cruelty and inhumanity' * New Internationalist * 'If you can imagine a hybrid of City of God and The Wizard of Oz, then Pepsi and Maria comes close' -- Boyd Tonkin * The Independent *

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