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Pig
Andrew Cowan
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Description for Pig
Paperback. Cowan's beautifully drawn, multi award-winning first novel of love in the hostile climate of modern British society Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340824122
SKU
V9780340824122
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99-50
About Andrew Cowan
Andrew Cowan was born in Corby and is the author of two further novels, COMMON GROUND and CRUSTACEANS (Sceptre, 2000). He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia Creative Writing course, and lives in Norwich with the writer Lynne Bryan and their daughter.
Reviews for Pig
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more