{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63717ca45ce7b9001270b4c5/63a6604534273a00118fda9d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jonathan Woods - Hog Wild: or Singin' them Jihog Blues","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63717ca45ce7b9001270b4c5/1671847996781-dda0aef3727e0d992abfece711107c91.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Besides leading the charge against the hog uprising, Ray must navigate the Byzantine politics of the ranch’s eccentric aristocracy, including:</p><ul><li>Mrs. Amanda Cross, reptilian ranch matriarch;</li><li>Ned Cross, her queer son;</li><li>Loretta Cross, her crackpot nympho daughter<em>;</em></li><li>Old man Cross, paralyzed by a bullet through his spine;</li></ul><p>And a supporting cast of cowpokes, vaqueros, schemers and ne’er-do-wells.</p><p><br></p><p>Part pulp noir. Part dystopian Gothic western. Part satiric magic realism antiwar sex farce,&nbsp;<em>Hog Wild&nbsp;</em>is the illegitimate offspring of a ménage à trois between and among Orwell’s&nbsp;</p><p><em>Animal Farm</em>, George Miller’s&nbsp;<em>The Road Warrior&nbsp;</em>and Verna Bloom of&nbsp;<em>Animal House&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>High Plains Drifter&nbsp;</em>fame.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>HOG WILD is</strong></p><p><strong>ANIMAL FARM meets</strong></p><p><strong>ANIMAL HOUSE</strong></p>","author_name":"Alan Warren"}