The Pigman Summary The novel The Pigman, written by Paul Zindel, is about two teenagers and friendship. John Conlan, one of the two teenagers, used to set off bombs in the school bathroom for an avocation. The second teenager is Lorraine Jenson is probably the complete opposite of John, but the two manage to get along. Lorraine calls a man named Mr. Pignati, using prevarications to get money. In result, John and Lorraine are invited over to the nice old man 's house. Lorraine was having horrible anxiety when the two ingrate sophomores came to the Pigman’s residence. They quickly became comfortable being around Mr. Pignati, unlike at first when Lorraine was acting very antagonistic. Mr. Pignati’s favorite place was the zoo, so John and