As they become embroiled in a lethal turf war between drug lords , the narrator , gringo , probes the mystery of his mother 's disappearance , and that of his cousin-a reformed gangster turned pavement hawker .
The hawker 's life is a tough one , always a fight against weather , traffic and crime .
小贩们的生活是艰苦的,他们需要不时与天气、交通、犯罪作斗争。
On the street outside , a hawker selling toy rattles says he has no idea what the building is .
在外面的街上,一名贩卖拨浪鼓的小贩表示不知道这是什么楼。
The island is a melting pot of muslims , buddhists , hindus and other asian cultures that are expressed deliciously in the foods sold at the open-air hawker centres .