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by: Jimmy Buffett  List Price: $21.99 Amazon.com's Price: $14.95 You Save: $7.04 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780316114028 Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 0316114022 Label: Little, Brown and Company Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: May 13, 2008 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Release Date: May 13, 2008 Studio: Little, Brown and Company Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Swine Not Read This Book?The first fiction book that I have read in years did not disappoint. I enjoyed it so much that I ended up reading Buffett's A Salty Piece of Land afterwards. Rating: - Entertaining and fun read, but not Buffett's best effort.I love Jimmy's books, he is a great story teller. I think this book would be fun for kids to read, and I found it entertaining, but not his best effort. Rating:  - Pure Hogwash!I've always enjoyed Buffett's music and found his previous books interesting enough. "Swine Not", however, didn't even come close to entertaining. To be honest, I've read thousands of books, some great, some not so good. But this is probably one of less than five that I've not even bothered to waste my time finishing. Boring, unfunny, and unimaginative...at least the first 60 pages! Rating: - more like a childs novelI loved it, but found it more like a childs novel than for adults. It was a very fast read. Rating:  - Less is moreLess is more. The concept of a pig and his 12-year old buddy narrating a story is darling -- yes, I said darling (see 'precious') -- but even Jimmie Buffett can't stretch it into a novel. As it goes on and on and on, the story drags and the villain, Monsieur Boucher, becomes plain annoying. Jimmie Buffett admits up front that a friend brought him a delightful 25-page story about a pig living in a 4-star hotel. He should have left it alone. At 25 pages, it was undoubtedly ... Read More 
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