The Boy Who Kicked Pigs

Book Details

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs

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Author(s):

Tom Baker

First Pub:

1999

Genre(s):

Fiction

First Read:

2024

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

No chapters

Internal ID:

988

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

for my wife, Sue Jerrard

First Sentence:

Saturday, June the 13th.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

'Thanks for the meal!'

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 26-Aug-2002

Last Updated: 13-Mar-2024

Publications

01-Nov-1999

Faber and Faber

Hardback

Date Issued:

01-Nov-1999

Format:

Hardback

Pages*:

123

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

Internal ID:

902

Publisher:

Faber and Faber

ISBN:

0-571-19771-X

ISBN-13:

978-0-571-19771-2

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Credits:

David Roberts - Illustrator

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

06-Dec-1999

Faber and Faber

Hardback

Date Issued:

06-Dec-1999

Format:

Hardback

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

Internal ID:

901

Publisher:

Faber and Faber

ISBN:

0-571-20451-1

ISBN-13:

978-0-571-20451-9

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Credits:

David Roberts - Illustrator

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

01-Jun-2000

Shinchosha

Hardback

Date Issued:

01-Jun-2000

Format:

Hardback

Pages*:

134

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

Internal ID:

903

Publisher:

Shinchosha

ISBN:

4-105-39801-6

ISBN-13:

978-4-105-39801-9

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Credits:

Buto Hiroshi - Translator
David Roberts - Illustrator

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

12-Jun-2000

Faber and Faber

Trade Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 12-Jun-2000

Format:

Trade Paperback

Cover Price:

£6.99

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 8 Mar 2024 - 9 Mar 2024

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13001

Publisher:

Faber and Faber

ISBN:

0-571-23054-7

ISBN-13:

978-0-571-23054-9

Printing:

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Credits:

David Roberts - Cover Artist

'Grotesque and depraved and
above all very funny.'
Ardal O'Hanlon

Robert Caligari is a thoroughly evil thirteen-year-old who gets his kicks from kicking pigs. After a humiliating episode with a bacon butty, Robert realizes just how much he loathes the human race - and his revenge is truly terrible.

Outrageous and funny, this subversive horror-fantasy from Tom Baker (ex-monk, ex-sailor, and the ultimate Doctor Who) has become a cult classic.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

David Roberts dedicates his work to Lynn
This edition first published in 2006

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Author(s)

Tom Baker
Birth: 20 Jan 1934 Liverpool, England, UK

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