John Barlow, a self-confessed glutton, finds himself in a meat-lover's dream in northern Spain. Galicia, the misty-green north-west corner, reveres and consumes every part of the pig. This starts Barlow thinking about the nature of our relationship with food - what's delicious, what's nasty and what sort of obligation we have to the animals we eat. Over the course of one glorious, bilious year, Barlow tries the patience of his vegetarian wife as he goes the whole hog and vows to eat everything but the squeal, from cocido in a cantina to a chorizo feast at Carnival, from ribs to roast ham, all washed down with local wine - delicious!

About the Author

John Barlow, a native of West Yorkshire, studied English Literature at Cambridge and earned a Ph.D. in applied linguistics. He has taught at universitoes in England and Spain. In 2004 he published Eating Mammals: Three Novellas and in 2006, Intoxicated: A Novel of Money, Madness and the Invention of the World's Favourite Soft Drink. He lives in Spain.

Reviews

"'charmingly informative and witty' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review"