Meet Mr. Pignati, A Lonely Old Man With A Beer Belly And An Awful Secret. He's The Pigman, And He's Got A Great Big Twinkling Smile. When John And Lorraine, Two High School Sophomores, Meet Mr. Pignati, They Learn His Whole Sad, Zany Story. They Tell It Right Here In This Book The Truth, And Nothing But The Truth No Matter How Many People It Shocks Or Hurts.