Dead Pig Collector

By: Warren Ellis

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

From the wicked imagination of award-winning writer Warren Ellis comes DEAD PIG COLLECTOR, a love story with a classic Ellis twist. So while it might be a love story, it's also about killing people and disposing of their bodies in the most efficient manner possible.

DEAD PIG COLLECTOR introduces readers to Mister Sun, a very proficient businessman whose trade is the murder and spotless removal of human beings. Like any businessman, he knows each transaction is only as good as his client - and today's client, in Los Angeles, has turned out to be so dangerously stupid that Mister Sun's work and life are now in jeopardy...

Typical Warren Ellis Prose.

and by that I mean exceptional. Mr. Ellis always gives depth to his protagonists, even when their goals are not themselves deep. Greed, Arrogance, and Sociopathy are all on display. And as usual, in the face of the reality of the situation, cold Sociopathy is the only sane course of thought and action.

Warren Ellis is a master

Concise (maybe too much for an audiobook) and beautiful. Will Wheaton's narration is perfect.

Warren Ellis is a master at his craft.

More interesting than I was expecting

Mr. Sun is an international body disposal professional/hitman who uses a form of Snapchat to communicate with his clients and set up jobs. While in Los Angeles, he gets a fairly routine job to complete, but things go to the wayside when Mr. Sun arrives at his destination and finds that things have already gone awry thanks to an overenthusiastic client. However, Mr. Sun is a professional. His job isn’t always necessarily about the hit, but the disposal of the body. And he has a dead pig to collect.

Some readers may find the story a little too dry, but I found the tone to be calm and composed in contrast to the grisly scene going on during the characters’ interactions, which is part of what makes the story so interesting. I think some people think the ending is a “twist,” there’s really no other way it could’ve plausibly ended, even with the little bit of humanity Mr. Sun gives the readers.

This is my first time listening to Wil Wheaton narrate anything, and while I enjoyed his narration for the most part, I didn’t like the accent he used for Mr. Sun. I have never read anything Warren Ellis has done outside of the comic world, and even there, I’ve only really read his mainstream comics he’s worked on. This may prompt me to seek out his novel and look into some of his other less mainstream comics.

Pretty Macabre

Short story so quick listen in the car in just a few rides. Interesting character, but definitely graphic description of how to dispose of a body.

Frightful Story of Murder as a regular job! 😱

As long as you're not frightened by twisted stories reflecting a reality that most of us are not comfortable entertaining in our thoughts or dreams (read "nightmares") then go for it and enjoy this story. This is a great story brilliantly told by the author and wonderfully read by Mr Wil Wheaton.
Makes me wonder a bit about Mr. Warren Ellis . . . but I believe I'll think of him as a gifted artist with a wife, three kids, a dog, and a mortgage who doesn't own any sharp knives and just leave it at that. 😱