A really unusual book, with a slightly fantastical but also gritty subject and setting - a birth-deformed young man abused by his disabled mother who finds solace in the company of pigs that he steals and breeds in a secret hideaway. Two narrators, the young man and the introverted young girl whose company he seeks, with different styles.
It reminded me a bit of Elmet, in the juxtaposition of the off-grid underclass and the appreciation of nature - as well as the violence, though in this book it's more of an undertone most of the time.
I can't say much more without spoiling, but this was a good read.
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