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Wasted: Murder in the Recycle Berkeley Yard
Wasted: Murder in the Recycle Berkeley Yard
Wasted: Murder in the Recycle Berkeley Yard
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Wasted: Murder in the Recycle Berkeley Yard

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Murder. Betrayal. Aluminum.

In Wasted, a “green noir” mystery, Berkeley reporter Brian Hunter investigates the “recycling wars,” finds the body of his friend Doug crushed in an aluminum bale, and hunts down the murderer, all the while trying to win the heart of Barb, Doug’s former lover, now a suspect in his murder.

Recycling, once a gangly wide-eyed youth, all arms and legs, has grown up and now faces those pesky problems that come with adulthood, like making money. And the big garbage companies that once sneered at recycling, like Consolidated Scavenger, now want to take over.

But Wasted is not just another trashy mystery. Set in the gritty and malodorous world of garbage and recycling, it explores rich and resonant themes of reinvention, transition, and discarding that which no longer serves us. Part mystery, part love triangle, part midlife crisis, and part political satire, Wasted asks the age-old question: How do I act with truth and integrity, make the world a better place, and still get laid?

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Release dateSep 20, 2015
ISBN9780996726214
Wasted: Murder in the Recycle Berkeley Yard
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John Byrne Barry

John Byrne Barry wrote his first book-length project in fifth-grade at Kilmer School in Chicago—a 140-page treatise on dinosaurs. One page for each dinosaur, and lots of white space. He’s been writing ever since—magazine and newspaper stories; political comedy; advice columns (Question the Authority and the Lazy Organic Gardener); and more. He’s even written for a seed catalog. His first novel, Wasted, is a murder mystery set in the garbage/recycling universe in Berkeley, California. He lives in Mill Valley, California, with his wife and family. See more at bonesinthewash.com.

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