The real-estate craze may be on the wane in Vancouver, but it’s still a fertile subject of discussion.

On Thursday (December 13) at the Vancouver Public Library’s Carnegie branch, Kelowna writer and former Vancouver resident Shilo Jones will offer his zany take by reading from his acclaimed novel On the Up.

Three of his characters—Jasminder, Carl, and Mark—are aiming for freedom, status, and wealth by investing in a condo project in North Vancouver. There’s even a potbellied pig in the plot.

Spoiler alert: it’s an animal, not a housing flipper!