17-year-old Bret Easton Ellis is in his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending his world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.

After a group of scientists' technological innovation, a new born pig's highest aspiration and sole value in life becomes being consumed and enjoyed by humans. In this story, a family takes a genetically altered pig home and prepares to slaughter it.