3.5 stars rounded to four. Thanks to Netgalley for the chance to read this.

There was a fashion, some years back, for keeping mini-pigs as household pets. The author’s experience was that his so-called minis grew into enormous maxis. In this book he looks at the history of pig domestication and, with a pig breeder and a professor who is researching them, increases his own and our insight. It’s all enlivened with anecdotes about his two pigs, or those of Wendy, the breeder.

I found it a little rambling – like the pigs – and repetitive in places. It read like a series of magazine articles linked up to make a book. If you already have a fondness for pigs this will delight you. If you haven’t, it’ll surprise you and you could find yourself unexpectedly admiring them.