The author's promising career as a film actor was cut short during the Second World War after a home made grenade he was demonstrating blew off his hand. His most famous role previous to this accident was as 'Freddie' in the 1938 film version of Pygmalion. He had always had a love of the land so turned to farming for a living, and this is his hilarious account of the ups and downs of being an amateur pig keeper.
The author's promising career as a film actor was cut short during the Second World War after a home made grenade he was demonstrating blew off his hand. His most famous role previous to this accident was as 'Freddie' in the 1938 film version of Pygmalion. He had always had a love of the land so turned to farming for a living, and this is his hilarious account of the ups and downs of being an amateur pig keeper.