Midget is the first novel by British author Tim Bowler

Tim Bowler

Tim Bowler is the author of twenty books for children, teenagers and young adults. He has won 15 awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the pre-eminent UK award for children's literature, for his novel River Boy....

, first published in 1994. It is set in Leigh-on-Sea

Leigh-on-Sea

Leigh-on-Sea , sometimes called Leigh, is a civil parish in Essex, England. It is part of Southend-on-Sea for administrative purposes. It became a civil parish in 1996. The council tax was increased to support it. A town council was formed. Leigh is the only parish in Southend...

 and is a psychic and psychological thriller. The Sunday Telegraph

Sunday Telegraph

The Sunday Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961. It is the sister paper of The Daily Telegraph, but is run separately with a different editorial staff, although there is some cross-usage of stories...

described Midget as ‘a masterly handling of suspense and cold, trickling horror.'.

Teenage Midget is abnormally small and can barely speak. He has fits as a result of the secret abuse he suffers at the hands of his psychopathic older brother, Seb, who is to outward appearances utterly devoted. Midget dreams of buying a boat and sailing away, but people say it'll take a miracle for that to happen. Midget knows miracles can happen, but sometimes they hurt people who get in the way..

External links

• Tim Bowler
• The wraith – a potent motif in Tim Bowler’s early work