num_pages: 192
description: In 1933, Herbert Muskie returns to his rundown hometown of Loomis, New Zealand, and uses a combination of cunning and psychological threats to take control of the lives of twelve-year-old Colin Potter and his family. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Fat Man
titlecomplete: The Fat Man
genres: Young Adult, Classics, Childrens, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Read For School
ratings_count: 290
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Award
category: Junior Fiction & Book of the Year
publisher: Simon Pulse