Monday, July 17, 2006

Martyn Pig by Kenin Brooks

Martyn Pig hates his name. Not only does his first name have a "unique" spelling that he is constantly having to explain, his last name is a farm animal that goes oink. But really, Martyn's name is the least of his troubles. Martyn's dad is a violent alcoholic who spends as much time as possible doing one of two things:

a. TV
b. beating up Martyn.

The week before Christmas Martyn accidentally kills his dad. Yup. You read right. And things get really compicated when Martyn finds out about $60,000 that his dad was hiding from him. Throw in a hot young actress with a scary biker boyfriend who helps Martyn get rid of the body and you've got one gripping story that will keep you hanging on till the very last page. Did I mention there's an Aunty Jean? There's an Aunty Jean. Till next time...Suzanne

4 comments:

Caitlin said...

This book was so good...I am still waiting for the movie, cause it would be a very good one!

Caitlin said...

change that "cause" into a BECAUSE, if we're talking about books, why not speak like we've attended at least one english class in our lives....carry on:

Suzanne said...

Oh Caitlin...don't be so hard on yourself! It's a blog, not the SAT. -Suzanne

Anonymous said...

Way to go Caitlin!
~Savannah~
It truely isn't that big of a deal!