Martyn Pig - Hardcover

Brooks, Kevin

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ISBN 10: 0439295955 ISBN 13: 9780439295956

Publisher: Chicken House, 2002

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Faced with the possibility of living with a dreadful aunt, fifteen-year-old Martyn Pig decides not to tell authorities when his alcoholic father dies accidentally, instead asking a friend for her help in disposing of the body. 15,000 first printing.

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"* This could become a cult novel. INDEPENDENT *... will keep you gripped. OBSERVER *... dark, funny and with a neat twist in the tale. This is very good stuff indeed. Watch this guy, he's good. MELVIN BURGESS * An immensely clever murder mystery. LITERARY REVIEW"

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Kevin Brooks lives in Manningtree, Essex. He has won the Branford Boase Award and been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Book Trust Teenage book of the Year.

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PublisherChicken House
Publication date2002
ISBN 10 0439295955
ISBN 13 9780439295956
BindingHardcover
Number of pages230
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MARTYN PIG : A Novel

Brooks, Kevin

Published by The Chicken House/Scholastic, New York, NY (2002)

ISBN 10: 0439295955 ISBN 13: 9780439295956

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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEW. Uncorrected Proof. BRAND NEW & Collectibe. Uncorrected Proof. A gripping yet zany, chilling yet humorous tale for ages 10 and up, and/or grades 5 and up. Told in the first person, the reader does empathy with our young hero (more correctly,antit-hero?). Martyn Pig (miserable name) lives with an abusive-slovenly-alcoholic father (misery as his mother is already dead); only other kin is an aunty Martyn (wouldn't like to live with her!). Days before Christmas dad falls and kills himself (slight, self-defense, homocidal push). Question: Ought Martyn report all to the police, risk their disbelief and/or be handed over to Aunty? He decides not . next problem: body disposal. Unexpected inheritance, double-crossing, blackmail, ethical & moral woes, teenage crush, and some confusion as whether the setting is in England or America (editing problems of dollars & cents, or shillings & pence). A fasting moving and oddly upbeat tale. Fine copy. Seller Inventory # 003257

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