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Posts Tagged ‘pig farms’

The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 10): The Third Boar

By Brian Fawcett | 2023 May 1

Oh, yes, there was a third boar on the Sussex pig farm in 1962 where a visiting Canadian with literary ambitions learned a lot about life and livestock. Ch. 10 of Brian Fawcett’s “The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars.”

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The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 8): Writers, and Boars

By Brian Fawcett | 2023 April 16

An 18-year-old Canadian with writerly ambitions, working on his uncle and aunt’s Sussex pig farm, gets to meet the butler of famed English literary critic, Cyril Connelly. Ch. 8 of “The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars.”

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The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 5): Courage, Bravado, or Daring

By Brian Fawcett | 2023 March 26

In Ch. 5 of Brian Fawcett’s “Sussex Variations,” there’s courage, war, character and a dying boar.

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The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 4): Concentration, and Testicles

By Brian Fawcett | 2023 March 19

Brian Fawcett learns about the gory details of life on the farm. Ch. 4 of “The Sussex Variations.”

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The Sussex Variations, or Two Boars (Ch. 2): Stress, Distress, and the Sussex Downs

By Brian Fawcett | 2023 March 5

Brian Fawcett’s “Sussex Variations, or Two Boars,” Ch. 2. People feel distress. So do pigs. Living and learning on an English farm.

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