Pig Tales - A Novel of Lust and Transformation
| Verlag | Faber & Faber, London |
| Auflage | 05.06.2003 |
| Seiten | 144 |
| Format | 13,7 x 0,9 x 19,7 cm |
| Gewicht | 106 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780571193721 |
| Bestell-Nr | 57119372EA |
Pig Tales is a brilliant satirical novel about a stunning young woman working in a beauty ''massage'' parlour. She enjoys extraordinary success at bringing home the bacon (in part due to her increasingly rosy and irresistible backside) until she slowly metamorphoses - into a pig. Rejected by her boyfriend, left to wander the sewers and forage for food in public parks, she takes up with a werewolf with insatiable appetites. They share everything (pizza is a particular favourite; she gets the pizza, he gets the delivery boy) until someone alerts the authorities and tragedy strikes . . .
Gender, politics and social hypocrisy all come under scrutiny in this entertaining and enlightening novel. Pig Tales is a Metamorphosis for the present day, a dark fable of political and sexual corruption, and a grim warning of what can happen in a society without a soul.