Pigs is Pigs, Ellis Parker Butler
Pigs is Pigs, Ellis Parker Butler
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Pigs is Pigs

Author: Ellis Parker Butler

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/10/2015


Synopsis

Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was an American author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays. He is best known for his famous short story Pigs Is Pigs, in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles

Trouble multiplies An argument over whether guinea pigs are domestic pets or livestock escalates into hilarious absurdity. What is at stake in this momentous debate other than being right? Ten cents. First published in American Illustrated Magazine in 1905, Pigs is Pigs is Ellis Parker Butler's most f......more

Goodreads review by Jon

A small classic on how mismanagement and lack of communication can cause problems to expand when no one is willing to lead. So often leadership and title are confused: and that confusion only increases when there is a belief that both are to be found only in one person. A quick read that will make y......more

Goodreads review by Hákon

Absolutely wonderful, humorous short story, where Butler pokes fun at idiotic bureaucracy. Like in his That Pub one can criticize his treatment of animals in this story, but the humor is laugh out loud funny, and the satire works as well. Will definitely re read this one.......more

Goodreads review by Brenna

HILARIOUS! Short, clever novelette. A classic about bureaucracy, miscommunication and common sense. Thanks so much Darla for the rare copy!......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

Anyone that has ever despaired when confronted by the red tape and bureaucracy in a large corporation will find this enjoyable and amusing.......more