Pig

By: Andrew Cowan

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Paperback | 15 August 2002 | Edition Number 1

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256 Pages

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1.8 x 12.9 x 19.8

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When his grandmother dies, and his grandfather is removed to a home, fifteen-year-old Danny determines to look after their elderly pig and ramshackle garden. Here, on the ragged edge of a blighted new town, Danny and his Indian girlfriend Surinder create a fragile haven from the enclosing world of racist neighbours and stifling families, a summer's refuge from the precariousness of their future.

Industry Reviews

A coming-of-age story as strange and surprising, in its way, as THE CATCHER IN THE RYE - New York Times

Cowan's writing is reminiscent of Roddy Doyle's in his ability to recreate the intense emotions of youth. - The Good Book Guide

A first novel of extraordinary poise and accomplishment, treating a boy's coming of age amid the squalid realities of the new British underclass with a delicacy and lyricism which is both gripping and moving - Michael Dibdin

The detail is immaculately recorded; the effect is heartbreaking - Louisa Young, Sunday Times

[A] wholly satisfying book, quietly beautiful and inescapably ominous - David Buckley, Observer

Beautifully evoked ... Cowan writes with a deceptive simplicity - Amanda Craig, The Times

A wonderful first novel - Christopher Hart, Daily Telegraph

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