BAKER, TOM — The Boy who Kicked Pigs

London : Faber and Faber 1999 First Edition. 124 p.,full-page drawings by David Roberts HARDCOVER: (Orig hardback with illustrated frontcover.VERY GOOD / AS NEW) Grotesque and depraved and above all very funny.' Ardal O'HanlonRobert Caligari is a thoroughly evil thirteen-year-old who gets his kicks from kicking pigs. Afer a humiliating episode with a bacon butty, Robert realizes just how much he loathes the human race - and his revenge is truly terrible. This subversive horror-fantasy from Tom Baker (ex-monk, ex-sailor, and the ultimate Doctor Who) is outrageous and funny, and since the hardback was published in 1999 has gone on to become a cult classic. It is illustrated throughout with b/w line drawings from David Roberts.