Pig Tales
€12.55
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780571193721 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Darrieussecq |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.106 |
| Publishing Date | 05/06/2003 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €11.84 |
| Tax | €0.71 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €12.55 |
| Availability | 13 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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.