"[E]mpathetic and entertaining. [A]n enlightening meditation on a troubling moral issue." --Publishers Weekly "By turns thought-provoking, shudder-inducing, and funny as hell, Endresen's heartfelt The Pig and I gave this guilt-ridden Spanish ham-lover a thorough schooling in the often astonishing ways of swine." --Taras Grescoe, author of Bottomfeeder and The Lost Supper "From the evolution of pigs and the dismal consequences of industrial pork production to the surprising mental capacities of swine, The Pig and 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." --Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals "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." --Roger Morgan-Grenville, author of Across a Waking Land "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.

" --Barry Estabrook, author of Pig Tales.