Dear Andy Mulligan,
Hello, I wanted to discuss with you about your book, "Trash". I have a few questions about it, such as the settings and plot itself. Why didn't you explain where the story was set in? You may have wanted to keep it ambiguous, to give it a feel of many third world countries, but not knowing the exact location itself vexes me to no end. I also wanted to inquire about Raphael and his scene in where he got beaten up at the police station, was it really necessary for that? I can't help but feel that the scene was brutal was no other reason than to just fulfill the clique that third world officials are always corrupt, which is oddly enough the main plot point of the story. Despite all that, the feeling of wanting to figure out the mystery remains constant, a page-turner in the words of the common people. I can understand your message of sorts in this story, the message that when you live with so little in a corrupt world, you have to use your wits to stay alive, a survival of the fittest. The world is a harsh environment, for "I learned that the world revolves around money...Without money, you shrivel and die."
Sincerely, Mr. A
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