The Insect Farm

The Insect Farm

2015 • 308 pages

When twenty-year-old Jonathan Maguire wakes up in a pool of blood and with a dead body beside him, his shock and grief quickly turn to panic. Being arrested for murder will prevent him from fulfilling the promise he made to his parents - that after their death he would take care of Roger, his mentally handicapped older brother. Roger lives in a strange and complex world of his own creation - populated by millions of tiny insects - his insect farm. As the police move in, it emerges that Roger may know far more than he has revealed...


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Started slow and had A LOT of exposition, but it definitely picked up midway through and ended in a bit of a mystery which I liked. If you can wade through the setup, it's a nifty little story.

October 6, 2015