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(*Starred Review*) Gr. 7-10. Teenager Martyn lives alone in a rundown neighborhood with his drunken, abusive father until one day, in a struggle, Dad falls, knocks his head, and dies. Martyn doesn't call 911, and the longer he delays, the harder it is to explain why he didn't call. Alex, his attractive friend across the street, gets pulled into the cover-up and so does her slimy boyfriend, Dean, who's especially interested in the big inheritance Dad had just received. Martyn's an avid mystery fan, so he knows how to cover his tracks. To trick his aunt, he and Alex lug the corpse into bed, make up the face, cover up the stink, and pretend Dad is sick and sleeping. They dump the body in a quarry, but first Martyn plants some of Dean's hairs under the corpse's fingernails. The macabre details are as compelling as the edgy realism, and Martyn's first-person narrative is dark and desperate. Suspense builds one day at a time while the corpse rots and Martyn lives with his loneliness, depression, and guilt. Did he murder Dad? No, "none of us has any control over what we do." Is the cover-up working? Not in the way he planned. This first novel is filled with surprise and reversal that make for a breathless read. (Note: there is one silly "translation" error. Many references show that the story is set in England, where it was first published, but for some reason, all money, including the inheritance, is in dollars.) Hazel Rochman
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Grade 8 Up-Martyn Pig's mother left years ago; his father is an abusive alcoholic. Living in a dreary English seaside town, he thinks that things can't get any worse. But, in the week that readers spend with him, his life takes an even worse turn. He makes the mistake of yelling at his father; as the drunken man comes at his son with his fist raised, he stumbles, falls (with just the merest shove from Martyn), hits his head on the fireplace wall, and dies. Faced with the possibility of living with his dreadful aunt, and feeling no sense of having done anything really wrong, he decides not to notify the police. With the help of his friend Alex, he concocts a macabre, blackly humorous scene to fool Aunty Jean into thinking Dad is very ill in bed. He and Alex then sew him and some rocks into a sleeping bag and pitch him into a quarry. When Martyn stumbles across a letter informing his father of a substantial inheritance, he thinks he and Alex will be set for the future. Then blackmail and double-crossing enter the picture. She steals the money and disappears, but not before she does away with her boyfriend. In a brief epilogue, readers see Martyn in his aunt's house, in sunnier times. They will be fascinated with the gripping plot twists and turns, and fully engaged by Martyn's distinctive voice. While there are some heavy issues here, the characters are surprisingly likable, and the bleakness is tempered by some tongue-in-cheek and zany humor. Fresh and edgy, Martyn Pig will have tremendous teen appeal.
Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
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Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
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Unsere Englishlehrerin wollte zum Ende dieses Schuljahres ein Buch lesen und die Klasse entschied sich dann aufgrund einer Empfehlung für "Martyn Pig" von Kevin Brooks.
Das Buch ist sehr gut geschrieben und für Jugendliche mit relativ guten Englischkenntnissen zu empfehlen.
Martyn Pig war das erste englische Buch das ich gelesen hab und es hat sehr viel Spass gemacht.
Nach den ersten 20 Seiten begann ich freiwillig (etwas was bei mir sehr selten vorkommt) weiter zu lesen und las die restlichen circa.180 Seiten in knapp 2 Tagen.
Am Anfang scheint das Buch nicht viel herzugeben doch wenn man einmal angefangen hat, kann man einfach nicht mehr aufhören. Das Buch ist für einige Überraschungen gut und besticht durch eine sehr gute Atmosphäre. Spitzen Buch!
Das Buch ist sehr gut geschrieben und für Jugendliche mit relativ guten Englischkenntnissen zu empfehlen.
Martyn Pig war das erste englische Buch das ich gelesen hab und es hat sehr viel Spass gemacht.
Nach den ersten 20 Seiten begann ich freiwillig (etwas was bei mir sehr selten vorkommt) weiter zu lesen und las die restlichen circa.180 Seiten in knapp 2 Tagen.
Am Anfang scheint das Buch nicht viel herzugeben doch wenn man einmal angefangen hat, kann man einfach nicht mehr aufhören. Das Buch ist für einige Überraschungen gut und besticht durch eine sehr gute Atmosphäre. Spitzen Buch!
Sehr zu empfehlen!
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We read the novel Martyn Pig in our English lessons and I think it's no high-class book, but for a school reading it was quite interesting. First of all I don't like the beginning because William Pig's death was indeed an accident and Martyn could have gone to the police. But then the book gets better and better, one highlight is the scene where Aunt Jean comes to visit Martyn and he dresses up his father and puts the corpse into bed so she thinks he's just ill. In this scene you can see the typical English black humor very good and so an originally serious scene gets very funny.
All in all I expected the novel not to be very interesting, but Martyn Pig got more and more interesting in the course of the book. I would not recommend it as a book for home reading but in school it's good.
All in all I expected the novel not to be very interesting, but Martyn Pig got more and more interesting in the course of the book. I would not recommend it as a book for home reading but in school it's good.
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If somebody would ask me:"Which book would you read twice?" Well, you guessed right! "Martyn Pig", of course!
At first, I thought it wouldn't be that interesting because I had to read it at school. Then I totally got addicted to it.
But let me start explaining the book:
The whole book is about a 14-year-old boy called Martyn, whose father is a drunkard and not caring anything for his son. But one time as his father is heavyly drunken, he accidently fell onto the fireplace and died. As the time passed by, Martyn is unsure to tell the accident to the police and searches for help from his best friend Alex. But then for sure they get involved in difficult situations, like blackmail.
But if you want to know, how they find a solution, you have to read the story...
I can only recommend this novel, because it will keep you awake for many nights. It's one of the best english books I've ever read. Not just because it is educating in therms like alcohol, it also combines many different topics like crime, drama and romance.
And if the newspaper "Independent" says that it could become a cult novel, I would even go one step further and replace the "could" with a "will"!
So far, get it bought and get addicted, too. :)
At first, I thought it wouldn't be that interesting because I had to read it at school. Then I totally got addicted to it.
But let me start explaining the book:
The whole book is about a 14-year-old boy called Martyn, whose father is a drunkard and not caring anything for his son. But one time as his father is heavyly drunken, he accidently fell onto the fireplace and died. As the time passed by, Martyn is unsure to tell the accident to the police and searches for help from his best friend Alex. But then for sure they get involved in difficult situations, like blackmail.
But if you want to know, how they find a solution, you have to read the story...
I can only recommend this novel, because it will keep you awake for many nights. It's one of the best english books I've ever read. Not just because it is educating in therms like alcohol, it also combines many different topics like crime, drama and romance.
And if the newspaper "Independent" says that it could become a cult novel, I would even go one step further and replace the "could" with a "will"!
So far, get it bought and get addicted, too. :)
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