Pig
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
From the sun-scorched wilderness of the Australian outback comes a tale as raw and unrelenting as the landscape itself — Kenneth Cook's Pig is a gripping work of Australian fiction that thrusts its protagonist into a savage confrontation with nature, man, and survival. Best known for his iconic novel Wake in Fright, Cook once again channels the brutal honesty and dark humour that defined his literary voice, crafting a story that is both visceral and darkly comic. The narrative centres on a ferocious wild pig and the ill-fated humans who cross its path, transforming a seemingly simple premise into a profound meditation on hubris and the primal forces that lie just beneath the surface of civilised life. Cook's prose is characteristically lean and punishing, stripping away sentimentality to present the Australian bush not as a place of beauty, but as an indifferent and lethal arena. Pig stands as a testament to Cook's mastery of tension and dark irony, illustrating how quickly the veneer of human confidence can be shredded by the uncontrollable wild. For readers who relish fiction that is equal parts darkly funny and genuinely unsettling, this is a work that will linger long after the final page is turned.
Author: Kenneth Cook
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Schwartz Publishing Group
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
From the sun-scorched wilderness of the Australian outback comes a tale as raw and unrelenting as the landscape itself — Kenneth Cook's Pig is a gripping work of Australian fiction that thrusts its protagonist into a savage confrontation with nature, man, and survival. Best known for his iconic novel Wake in Fright, Cook once again channels the brutal honesty and dark humour that defined his literary voice, crafting a story that is both visceral and darkly comic. The narrative centres on a ferocious wild pig and the ill-fated humans who cross its path, transforming a seemingly simple premise into a profound meditation on hubris and the primal forces that lie just beneath the surface of civilised life. Cook's prose is characteristically lean and punishing, stripping away sentimentality to present the Australian bush not as a place of beauty, but as an indifferent and lethal arena. Pig stands as a testament to Cook's mastery of tension and dark irony, illustrating how quickly the veneer of human confidence can be shredded by the uncontrollable wild. For readers who relish fiction that is equal parts darkly funny and genuinely unsettling, this is a work that will linger long after the final page is turned.