I bought this book in light of the number of positive reviews. I finally shared after completing enough (laboriously) reading though the end is quite interesting. Certainly the party chosen by the author to deal with a reality that the novel falls almost documentary or testing, is a bold gamble. I must say that I have not often hung in the dialogues between Martin, Professor narrator, Camellia and the head of the unit piggery, besides that these exchanges are often abstract, I think again that dialogue without any paragraph full paragraph succession of literary prowess when you get a full understanding of the reader. This is for shape but in all reading it is important. In terms of substance, the ordeal of pigs from birth to slaughter through fattening is very well made. But why the narrator immerses us in his years at the college where he was ridiculed by his peers?. What link with 180 days in the life of a pig? I am often asked. I read this novel in five nights, maybe would it take to be slower in order to grasp the full scope. I also think that having read other books on a related issue, the romantic side of a philosophical theme also have seemed disturbing to me. Finally, the author suggests that we can also identify with TICO leading a militant struggle against this form of concentration camps and if she has not chosen the most popular animal, taking the path of the novel can reach a readership that test or documentary on the subject put off. In which case it succeeded.