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The novel begins by announcing that today will be the day that a young boy, Robert Caligari, dies. Robert is an extremely odd boy who cannot stop himself from kicking pigs. This begins as a private act of revenge against his sister, Nerys, who is always putting money in her own tin piggy bank.
1 de nov. de 1999 · 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.
This story is about an evil little boy who hates everyone around him. He embarks upon a revenge campaign, developing ever more imaginative nasty ends for each of his enemies. When, however, he crosses swords with a pack of cannibal rats, he meets a truly sickening end.
This subversive horror-fantasy is outrageous and funny – Faber & Faber. The Boy Who Kicked Pigs is illustrated by David Roberts, is still in print in the UK and has been translated and published in 8 other languages, including Chinese! Read an excerpt now.
The boy who kicked pigs. by. Baker, Tom, 1934-. Publication date. 2006. Topics. Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction, Swine -- Juvenile fiction, Swine, Teenage boys. Publisher. [London] : Faber and Faber.
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13-year-old Robert Caligari is a nasty piece of work. But today is the day he gets his comeuppance. Today is the day he’s going to die. When Robert kicks his sister’s beloved piggy bank Trevor out of the window, he sets in motion a chain of events that results in the unexpected demise of a local fishmonger.
