The Swines: Anecdotes of a Piggly Family"Cheeky, original, and witty. Wickedly fun!" ─ Bacon Daily News "Eclectic, eccentric, and original. Fast-paced. Absurd. Whimsical." ─ Suidae Gazette "Politically incorrect. Genius!" ─ Young Hogs Sam is a twelve-year-old boy from a family of pigs. His mom is a British Lop, an English sow of very high breeding. His dad is a warthog, the pedigree no one is quite sure. Sam's parents are swine, but he's perfectly normal. Sam and his family live in a medium sized town named Suidae Valley somewhere in the middle of California. His mom enjoys gardening and mud baths. His dad is a booming, retired plumber. He's a little rough around the edges. The family is piggly, but they fit right in with everyone in town who call themselves Suids. Told in unique episodic format, The Swines is the whimsical and light-hearted anecdotes of Sam, a precocious kid with a talent for imagination, observation, and occasionally, even curious profundity. The narrative is eccentric, novel, and original, ranging from the orthodox to stream of consciousness and reverse chronology The Swines ─ Anecdotes Of A Piggly Family, is at times thoughtful, at times absurd, but most of the time fun, as the author takes readers on a journey into the unconventional world at the intersection of humans, pigs, and boy. Praise for The Swines: Themes: satire, humor, parody, family-life, social commentary, culture, ideas |
