Being

Being

by KevinBrooks (Author)

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Robert lies anaesthetized. A routine operation has just gone wrong.'What the hell is that?''That, Mr Ryan, is the inside of this boy.''Christ . . . It looks like some kind of plastic.'As Robert slowly wakes, he can hear, he can feel, but he can't scream. The operation isn't over. But life, as Robert knows it, is.Robert goes on the run, terrified and desperate for answers. But what if the answers are too terrifying to face?This is Kevin Brooks at his very best - powerful, intense, page-turning reading for teenage readers and beyond.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Edition: First ediiton
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 01 Mar 2007

ISBN 10: 0141381442
ISBN 13: 9780141381442
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
Praise for Martyn Pig:'Dark, funny and with a neat twist in the tale' - Melvin Burgess'This could become a cult novel with adolescent readers' - Independent'A confident, compelling first novel' - Guardian
Praise for Martyn Pig:'Dark, funny and with a neat twist in the tale' - Melvin Burgess'This could become a cult novel with adolescent readers' - Independent'A confident, compelling first novel' - Guardian
Author Bio
Kevin Brooks has worked as a crematorium assistant, a refreshments vendor at London Zoo and a civil servant, but he has always wanted to be a writer. His first five novels - Martyn Pig, Lucas, Kissing the Rain, Candy and The Road of the Dead - received outstanding acclaim, and were shortlisted for many awards. Kevin is married and lives in Essex. This is his first novel for Puffin.