| Midget | |
| Author: | Tim Bowler |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Young adult |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Release Date: | 7 January 1994 |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages: | 144 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-19-275037-2 |
Midget is the first novel by British author Tim Bowler, first published in 1994. It is a psychic and psychological thriller. It is set in Leigh-on-Sea.
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.[1]
The Sunday Telegraph described Midget as "a masterly handling of suspense and cold, trickling horror."[2]