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| Swine Not?: A Novel | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 60 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4329
Category: Book
Author: Jimmy Buffett
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0316114022
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316114028
ASIN: 0316114022
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
The better question is swhy? July 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This pleasant, lightweight, but non-consequential kids' fable seems to have no reason to exist other than the picking of the $21.99 retail price from the pocket of Buffett fans.
The story is not nearly as cynical as I just made it sound. Its not a bad story, and a Buffett fan can find turns of phrase that remind them of the lyrical craftsman they know Buffett to be. It may be better appreciated by the pet pigs, soccer moms, and 10- to 13-year-olds who are its main characters.
Truth in reviewing: while not a pig, soccer mom, or 10- to 13-year old, I am a Buffett fan with a vanity plate (JB A1A) on my convertible who received the book from my wife as a birthday present. So I came into this book predisposed to like it. And I didn't hate it. I just don't know why it exists. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say Buffett was doing a favor for his friend Helen Bransford, who is the source of the idea and the owner of the pig who's fictionalized tail is told in the fable.
Best bets if you fear the cynical angle of forking over $21.99 as a favor for a Friend of Buffett may sour you on Buffett or the book: read it over a Sunday-morning latte at your neighborhood Barnes and Noble (it reads fast), check it out of a library, wait for the paperback, or buy it used.
His previous novel, A Salty Piece of Land, was better, but his first was his best: Tales from Margaritaville.
 Disappointed July 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book without a second thought based on how much I enjoyed Buffett's other books. What a disappointment. This is a childrens book and nothing like his prior books. I will not buy his books again without checking the reviews first.
Swine Bother? July 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bad. Bad. Bad. Bad. Painfully bad.
This is the same man that created "A Pirate Looks at Forty" and "Death of an Unpopular Poet"? Please, lock up his word processor and send him out fishing.
Swine Bother? July 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bad. Bad. Bad. Bad. Painfully bad.
This is the same man that created "A Pirate Looks at Forty" and "Death of an Unpopular Poet"? Please, lock up his word processor and send him out fishing.
 A Great Novel...For Teen Readers July 10, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
While I enjoyed reading about the tales of Rumpy and his family, it certainly was not the book I was expecting from the author. My wife is a parrot head and I bought the book for her, as she has read all of his other work. As she is currently out of town, I decided to read it for a change of pace. And, I enjoyed it, but, but would have checked it out of the library had I known the reading level.
While the story is well put together, is cute, and somewhat humorous, it isn't what most adults would be expecting. It would have been better labeled as a teen level novel to warn off unsuspecting buyers. If you need to spend the afternoon with a book that won't tax your brain too strongly or enjoy relatively short, easy to read stories, you will enjoy the book. Just don't expect too much.
5 stars for teens, 3 stars for adults
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