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Name: Trashed
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: Derf Backderf

The graphic novel presents Derf Backderf’s firsthand account of life as a sanitation worker, drawn in comic form. It highlights the daily realities and challenges on a garbage truck, offering an inside look at refuse disposal and the people who manage it.

First publish date: 2002

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Memoir

Authors: Derf Backderf

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