Award winning writer Brian Leyden's latest novel is set in contemporary Ireland where ancient and modern clash in a forgotten seaside town when Mulcahy, a local artist, creates a pig for a public monument. The pig - an age old symbol of death and plenty - becomes the focus for the passions of a community already faced with a choice between poverty or poison; a gold mining company has promised hundreds of jobs in the area, provided no one asks where the cyanide waste ends up. Drama and politics mingle as mayhem erupts.