‘Bridget Jones’ author wins comic fiction prize, and a pig

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Fielding will receive a Gloucester Old Spot pig, a jeroboam of champagne and a set of Wodehouse novels at the May 27 Hay Festival in Wales.

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The author says she is “completely overjoyed to win the pig.”

Previous winners include Ian McEwan and the late Terry Pratchett.

The Associated Press

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