<br />"[E]mpathetic and entertaining... [A]n enlightening meditation on a troubling moral issue."<br /><b><i>—Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /><br />"By turns thought-provoking, shudder-inducing, and funny as hell, Endresen’s heartfelt <i>The Pig and I</i> gave this guilt-ridden Spanish ham-lover a thorough schooling in the often astonishing ways of swine."<br /><b>—Taras Grescoe, author of <i>Bottomfeeder </i>and <i>The Lost Supper</i></b><br /><br />"From the evolution of pigs and the dismal consequences of industrial pork production to the surprising mental capacities of swine, <i>The Pig and I</i> takes a beautifully written deep-dive into our morally complicated relationships with the most widely consumed mammal on earth. Endressen is a compelling storyteller, and his book is both entertaining and, ultimately, haunting."<br /><b>—Hal Herzog, author of <i>Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals</i></b><br /><br />"A lovely book about a much misunderstood animal. It manages to be simultaneously an entertaining trot through the history of the pig and a searing indictment of factory farming."<br /><b>—Roger Morgan-Grenville, author of <i>Across a Waking Land</i></b><br /><br />"In this worthy addition to the porcine canon, Endresen describes the grueling conditions of a hog confinement farm while also detailing the history, science, and lore of this fascinating animal and its relationship to humans—truly the whole hog."<br /><b>—Barry Estabrook, author of <i>Pig Tales</i></b><br /><br />