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The Boy Who Kicked Pigs (Hardcover)

by Tom Baker (Author), David Roberts (Illustrator)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; illustrations by David Roberts edition (1 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 057119771X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571197712
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 12.6 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 404,554 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the story of Robert Caligari - a thoroughly evil 13-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.


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This is an outrageous subversive horror/fantasy from Tom Baker - ex-monk, ex-sailor, and the ultimate Dr Who.

The hero is Robert Caligari - an evil 13-yr old - whose hatred for the human race spills into a truly terrible revenge. It's a short, gory, and tremendously funny story, illustrated throughout with b/w line drawings from David Roberts.

Comedian ARDAL O' HANLON said of it: "I thought it was grotesque, depraved, and above all very funny. It held throughout the troubling tone of, appropriately enough, a bacon slicing machine. I particularly appreciated the idea of the ex-xylophone player who now delivers meals-on-wheels playing his imaginary instrument in response to a mishap he's just witnessed. Lovely. And I'm still hanuted by the rather beautiful image of a horse leaping from a flyover on to a motorway."

ESQUIRE MAGAZINE: "Tom Baker's book will find favour with juveniles and grown-up children alike. It touches that great British nerve of revelling in the grotesque. [Tom Baker's] new book is ace."

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A monsterous boy..., 10 May 2007
By dogbarkssome (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Boy Who Kicked Pigs (Paperback)
This is a delightfully curious book, a short and heavily illustrated (every other page is art) tale seemingly aimed at children but of such a dark content that it may well be more appreciated by adults. As Baker himself describes it: "This really is a very sad and terrible story. It is a tale of undiluted horror". The story concerns an evil young boy called Robert Caligari, and how his hatred of humanity leads to a truly ghastly comeuppance, and is told in Baker's unique and, let's face it, utterly loopy style. A delightfully mad jet black comedy, a book to both amuse children and give them nightmares. Nice one, Tom.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Eccentric, dark and very silly, 20 Jun 2006
By Alfie Swann (Iselworth) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Boy Who Kicked Pigs (Paperback)
This is an amazing tale of a terrible boy who is not nice. There are surreal moments and really quite silly bits. The story is all over the place, and slightly flimsy, which makes this more of a cult book but it will have its ardent fans. Wonderful illustrations by David Roberts though.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Roald Dahl was never this funny, or this nasty, 21 Dec 2001
This review is from: The Boy Who Kicked Pigs [Limited Edition] (Hardcover)
The Boy Who Kicked Pigs is a morality tale in the tradition of the Brothers Grimm and Roald Dahl. It is wickedly funny and deliciously nasty. Set out as a children's story (although at the price of this edition that would be a brave bit of parenting) although almost certainly not suitable for the younger child, it delights in disturbing events and true unpleasantness.
Tom Baker knows from his time as Dr Who what it takes to make people squirm with discomfort and all of that experience is distilled here in a thrilling tale.
Go on, buy it, I dare you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An utterly fantastic tale
Its a funny, horrific, delightful, disgusting, charming, grotesque, witty and remarkable fable-like tale that will make you both laugh and squirm.
Published 9 months ago by Warrior

4.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre!
This is a very strange tale of a little boy who has an evil streak a mile wide. Strange literary images flood each page, spurred on by the line drawings opposite. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2007 by E. L. Hardy

2.0 out of 5 stars Not nearly as good as it should be
This weird little tale starts out extremely well, and is full of excellent characters and uncompromising strangeness (the scene which finally 'turns' Robert against... Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2005 by nikkus

4.0 out of 5 stars Idiosyncratic oddysey from eccentric Doctor Who actor
This is by no means the best work that Tom Baker is capable of. He has an entertaining prose style and is very eccentric in both his language and his story ideas. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2003 by D. M. Farmbrough

3.0 out of 5 stars Sick, funny and highly entertaining!
When I started reading it, I couldn't put it down! It is a strange story about a boy who despises pigs, but then realises it's humans he hates. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!!!
Anyone who is not entirely satisfied with this book should ask themselves what more they want. This book evokes a wide range of feelings ranging from terror and disbelief to... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2001 by gaz.p@talk21.com

4.0 out of 5 stars Although the Limeted Edition is Expensive, BUY IT ANYWAY!!!!
This is an absolutly wicked tale and is absolutly funny! I have to say it is a brilliant story but just a little bit sick, if you know what I mean! Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, this is so sick and twisted
And I love it. I just love all the childrens book for adults stuff. The humour is so sick you just have to love it. Thank you Mr Baker!
Published on 24 Jun 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars Umm...
Well, I imagine this book will take you no more than a couple of hours to get through. Question is, is it worth it? Read more
Published on 16 April 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars mirth a minute
This very funny tale of a boy, weedkiller and rats is amusing not only for the events that occur within, but as a window into mind of the strangest man to play "Doctor... Read more
Published on 10 Nov 1999

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