Drive-by Saviours

Download or read book Drive-by Saviours written by Chris Benjamin and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demoralized by his job and dissatisfied with his life, Mark punches the clock with increasing indifference. He wanted to help people; he’d always believed that as social worker he would be able to make a difference in people’s lives. But after six years of bureaucracy and pushing paper Mark has lost hope. All that changes when he meets Bumi, an Indonesian restaurant worker. Moved from his small fishing village and sent to a residential school under the authoritarian Suharto regime, Bumi’s radical genius and obsessive-compulsive disorder raise suspicion among his paranoid neighbours. When several local children die mysteriously the neighbours fear reaches a fevered pitch and Bumi is forced to flee to Canada. Brought together by a chance encounter on the subway, Mark and Bumi develop a friendship that forces them to confront their pasts. Moving gracefully between Canada and Indonesia and through the two men’s histories, Drive-by Saviours is the story of desire and connection among lonely people adrift in a crowded world. Drive-by Saviours Trailer on YouTube Drive-by Saviours on MySpace Chris Benjamin’s website Drive-by Saviours on Facebook