A book of what to do with ruin and of how we attempt to salvage or redeem … Scrapper eventually shows Kelly to be a deeply wounded man, so much so that he nearly carries two halves inside him: the “scrapper” and the “salvor.” The former wants to rip the houses apart and let Detroit (and himself) burn; the latter wants to find and treasure whatever may yet be worth saving — in himself, in Detroit, in anyone.