Review: Dead Pig Collector
Dead Pig Collector is a novella or short story or some form of short fiction from Warren Ellis. He should call it whatever he gets paid most for writing. Whatever one decides to call it, Collector is an excellent one.
Ellis paints the picture of a man doing a very distateful job very well. As with many undertakings that make the average person queasy, Ellis has thought through the details carefully. More to his credit, he has created the sort of character would realistically do that job for a living and brought him to life for us. He’s not likeable, really, but he is believable.
The action follows our realistic character through a – nearly every adjective I considered here was an unfortunate double entendre – complicated day. It’s a day worth checking out. If you have never read any of Ellis’s fiction, this is a pretty good starting point.
Stongly recommended.