The author was inspired to write this debut novel while working in a sports shop where he found a discarded, crumpled drinks sachet left in a shoebox between a brand-new pair of football boots. The discovery led him to research fast fashion, the global textile industry and sweatshops, and everyday life for a boy like his character Budi in the slums of Jakarta.
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