Martyn Pig
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| Martyn Pig | |
| Author | Kevin Brooks |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | The Chicken House |
| Publication date | 1 April 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 220 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 1903434513 |
Martyn Pig is a thriller by Kevin Brooks, published on April 1, 2002 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens and young adults. Martyn Pig won the Branford Boase Award in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2002.
[edit] Plot introduction
The book is about a young teenager named Martyn Pig. Martyn was brought up by his alcoholic father and one day inadvertently kills him. This prompts help for his neighbor, who agrees to help him hide the body of his father in a nearby drainage ditch. Then Martyn and his neighbor frame his neighbor's abusive boyfriend. After they finish framing him, his neighbor slashes her boyfriend's brake line and kills him. Martyn is eventually sent to live in the care of his aunt, after his neighbor moves to California.
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