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The Boy Who Kicked Pigs is a short novel by actor Tom Baker. The novel is subtitled, "A grotesque masterpiece", and is illustrated with line drawings by David Roberts . Plot. 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.
14 de jul. de 2017 · The Boy Who Kicked Pigs. Tom Baker. 3.53. 1,266 ratings172 reviews. 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.
1 de ene. de 2005 · 4.4 95 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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.
English. 123 pages : 20 cm. 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.
16 de mar. de 2014 · The anti-hero of Baker’s short novel is 13 year old Robert Caligari who has no heart. He causes havoc in his home and neighbourhood by his hatred of humanity and compulsion to kick pigs. Havoc becomes disaster when his pig-kicking causes a dramatic chain of events culminating in an accident of apocalyptic proportions.
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.
