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The Rent Collector

by Camron Wright

First published 2012

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Reception

  1. 2014
    International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
    Longlist

About the book

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Sang Ly struggles to survive by picking through garbage in Cambodia’s largest municipal dump. Under threat of eviction by an embittered old drunk who is charged with collecting rents from the poor of Stung Meanchey, Sang Ly embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailing son from a life of ignorance and poverty.

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Catalogue record

ISBN
978-1-60907-122-6 +1
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ISBNs
  • 978-1-60907-122-6
  • 979-8-8551-4781-0
Author
Wright, Camron
Statement
The Rent Collector / Camron Wright.
Records
Open Library

Subjects

  • 2010s
  • Women's lives

Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026