Book description
Tom Henderson is small, skinny and awkward, and pretty much feels
like an idiot most of the time. But when he discovers his father's
copy of The Catcher in the Rye, it changes his world. It puts
him in the middle of several interlocking conspiracies and at least
half a dozen mysteries involving dead people, naked people, fake
people, ESP, blood, guitars, monks, witchcraft and rock and roll. It's
the tip of a very odd iceberg of clues that could help Tom unravel the
puzzle of his father's death, and - bizarrely - reveal the secret of
attracting semi-hot girls . . .
King Dork made a massive splash on first publication in the
US and is already heralded as a cult classic, with a movie in the
pipeline. It's a brilliantly original voice from a major new talent.
King Dork is well and away the best YA book I've read this year and
Frank Portman is definitely someone to watch out for. It's inventive and
sexy, it's fun to read and provides endless food for thought -
everything I want from a book Frank Portman (aka Dr. Frank) is the
singer/songwriter/guitarist of the influential US punk band the Mr. T
Experience (MTX). MTX has released around a dozen albums since forming
in the mid-eighties and continues to record and tour.
King Dork
is his first novel.
