Pin is a bawdy, adolescent cobbler’s assistant, both arrogant and insecure who – while the Second World War rages – sings songs and tells jokes to endear himself to the grown-ups of his town – particularly jokes about his sister, who they all know as the town’s ‘mattress’.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Pages: 192
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780141189734
ISBN 10: 0141189738