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Portly McSwine

by James Marshall

One Potato Review

A well-dressed pig considers everything that is likely to go wrong when he tests himself against the momentum of a community’s expectations. National Snout Day approaches. “Quit fussing,” he is admonished by the pig at the bakery, still this turns out to be constitutional in Portly’s case, and arguably a source of success. (His party comes off so exceptionally well he ends up worrying about the unlikelihood of replicating its success in three hundred and sixty-four days). Dread as a powerful motivator. By the always irreverent James Marshall, who can take even the thinnest of premises and turn it into something resembling a classic.

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