Midget (novel)

Midget is the first novel by British author Tim Bowler, first published in 1994. It is a psychic and psychological thriller. It is set in Leigh-on-Sea.

Midget
Paperback edition 1999
AuthorTim Bowler
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
7 January 1994
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages144
ISBN978-0-19-275037-2

Plot

Teenage Midget is abnormally small and can barely speak. He has fits as a result of the secret abuse he suffers at the hands of his psychopathic older brother Seb who is to outward appearances utterly devoted. Midget dreams of buying a boat and sailing away, but people say it'll take a miracle for that to happen. Midget knows miracles can happen, but sometimes they hurt people who get in the way.[1]

Reception

The Sunday Telegraph described Midget as "a masterly handling of suspense and cold, trickling horror."[2]

gollark: Oh, you mean the waste heat from the GTech™ subplanck processing arrays there?
gollark: LyricTech™ is evidently as incompetent as ever.
gollark: Well, communication fundamentally relies on the concept of "information", which we have debug hooks for in here.
gollark: Oh, right, TS-943421469 has a dedicated one.
gollark: I'm pretty sure the tetraplex was just observing from nearby.

References

  1. Oxford University Press
  2. Sunday Telegraph
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