Porky (novel)

Porky

First edition
Author	Deborah Moggach
Cover artist	Sue Wilks
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Jonathan Cape
Publication date	12 May 1983
Media type	Print & ebook
Pages	236
ISBN

Porky, is the fifth novel by the English author Deborah Moggach, first published in 1983 by Jonathan Cape and recommended in OUP's Good Fiction Guide.

"Porky" is Heather's nickname because her father keeps pigs in a field at their ramshackle bungalow just off the A4 near Heathrow Airport. Heather is eleven when her mother has an extended stay in hospital over the birth of her second child, leaving Heather alone with her father at home. A sexual relationship starts between them. As Heather grows up her abuse ends up poisoning everything in her life...